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[-] kadup@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

Mathematics are so beautiful, intuitive, logical, you look at geometry and something feels right as if the Universe itself is an harmonious flow of beauty...

...and then they invented infinities and topology and stacking squares and whatever cursed abomination allows you to recreate a second sphere by taking pieces of one sphere and rotating it and cakes you can fill with finite filling but not frost and this gif

[-] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 weeks ago

whatever cursed abomination allows you to recreate a second sphere by taking pieces of one sphere and rotating it

A friend of mine told me a story about a mathematics professor saying something to the effect of "if you haven't heard of the Axiom of Choice, you're gonna want a beer first."

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