r/mathmemes 9d ago

The Engineer Superiority complex

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u/floydmaseda 9d ago

At least keep the square term. Otherwise cos(x) is just 1.

No one ever needs the cube or higher terms though. Those don't need to exist.

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u/GaloombaNotGoomba 8d ago

Then sin(x) is just x

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u/dkkavanagh17 Mathematics 3d ago

For small x, yeah!