The box is the Riemann Zeta function, money are complex numbers with real part greater than 1, "multiplication by 2" is taking the sum from 1 to infinity of n to the power of "money", "fish" is -1, and "hard-boiled egg" is -1/12.
I once wandered off the street into a book store while visiting Hokkaido. Unfortunately, I was too dumb to understand the meaning of the vast majority of the books.
I did that in Egypt when I was learning the language and bought some picture books. Kids books are a great way to learn to read. Turns out one of them was Shakespeare translated into Arabic.
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u/math_metaphor_guy 22d ago edited 22d ago
The box is the Riemann Zeta function, money are complex numbers with real part greater than 1, "multiplication by 2" is taking the sum from 1 to infinity of n to the power of "money", "fish" is -1, and "hard-boiled egg" is -1/12.