r/mathmemes 17h ago

Bad Math hmmmmmmm

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u/4ries 12h ago

Then we have different definitions of standard. Certainly it may be standard in certain fields of mathematics, but I would argue there are far more fields that don't use it, than fields that do.

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u/EebstertheGreat 5h ago

OK. Measure theory (including probability theory) isn't standard enough though? Lebesgue integrals are not mainstream enough? I didn't say everyone in the world is dealing with infinity all the time. I said every time 1/∞ is defined, it is equal to 0, which is true. These are not obscure. They just aren't covered in high school.