Sin, Error, and Sign Error
We all fall victim to sin, error, and sign error, as a student tangled in a pile of negatives discovers.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2016-07-04-sin-error-and-sign-error/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
"No human is perfect; we all fall victim to sin, error, and sign error." [Student] "So, −i²e^{iπ} / −(−cos π)… um… am I being punished?"