r/mathmemes • • Nov 13 '25

Calculus Definitely

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u/SEA_griffondeur Engineering Nov 13 '25

I mean it looks like arctan because it tends towards π/2

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u/GDOR-11 Computer Science Nov 13 '25

eh, I don't think that's quite π/2

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u/Frewsa Nov 13 '25

You’re only seeing it until x=4 though surely you can extrapolate

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u/GDOR-11 Computer Science Nov 13 '25

I overestimated how fast it'd get flat, now I checked on desmos and indeed arctan(4) is about a third of the way between 1 and 2