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Tourist Math

2024

Two locals chat in math notation, and a tourist with a phrasebook asks for directions in epsilons and quantifiers.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-01-01-tourist-math/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

A: "Hey, notice how ∀ app ∈ App Store, d/dt Quality(app) < 0?" B: "Ha! P(you're right) > 1." C (reading "Tourist Math"): "Uh… pardon me… 'Does there exist a person in an epsilon neighborhood such that the person speaks English?'"

Topics
Logic & Proof › QuantifiersCalculus › DerivativesProbability › Basic ProbabilityCalculus › Limits › Epsilon-DeltaMath Culture › Notation
Level
High SchoolCollege
Themes
Language & WordplayTechnologyEveryday Life