Math Genre: Coming of Age
An equation retold as a coming of age story.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025-05-27-math-genres--math-genre-coming-of-age/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
Coming of Age: aᵇaᶜ = aᵇ⁺ᶜ "The little exponent knew, in that moment, who it was meant to be. Not a mere child of multiplication, but something greater, something of immense power…"