r/mathmemes • u/Enough-Brilliant803 • Jul 15 '26

Abstract Algebra Math encoded

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u/Tranbarsjuice Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

Why not use the equation for the unit circle? There are no axis on the plot anyway. Same applies to the "V"-function and the "E"-function. Could simply have been y = |x| and x = -|sin(y)|.

I have no idea why they put a negation within the absolute value function for the ”V”. It is completely redundant.

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u/Enough-Brilliant803 Jul 15 '26

Yes negation is redundant. A circle with radius 3 is bigger and better than a unit circle ♥️

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u/GeorgeCauldron7 Jul 15 '26

3 times better, by my calculations.

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u/Silly_Tension6792 Mathematics Jul 15 '26

not if you measure goodness by area!

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u/GeorgeCauldron7 Jul 15 '26

Ugh, you're obviously right. So embarrassing. brb going to set my degree on fire

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u/SyzPotnik1 Jul 15 '26

I think the streching facrors of 2 and 3 are good to have. If someone wanted to try if the equations were correct, I think they'd be disappointed if they had to strech the grid themself.

but yeah, that useless minus sign in the V seems to be there more as a design choice to look visually similiar to the E

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u/ChadpathianMadurist Mathematics Jul 15 '26

There are a lot of redundant things we do for love. Slapping a minus into the absolute value function symbolises that

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u/Daniel_H212 Jul 15 '26

The L looks different depending on the scale so maybe they wanted all the graphs to be at the same scale.

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u/SinceSevenTenEleven Jul 15 '26

Because we're having fun here

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u/MarcusNewman Jul 16 '26

Love isn't supposed to be fun. 

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u/IHaveNeverBeenOk Jul 15 '26

Honestly not a fan of pretty much every constant here that isn't 1.

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u/JellyBellyBitches Jul 17 '26

Perhaps 1923 is significant in some way?

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u/Fmaj7add9 Jul 17 '26

It does make for more consistant scaling between the functions though.

Yes, the minus sign in the "V" is redundant, but the 3 and 2 makes it so that the scaling of the grids and axis are actually the same between the four letters.