Greg Egan on Nostr: Me: Please simplify this horrible expression. Mathematica: No, I have no idea how to ...
Me: Please simplify this horrible expression.
Mathematica: No, I have no idea how to make that any simpler.
Me: What if all those πs were just ... anything? Say, z?
Mathematica: Oh, sure, that can be simplified enormously!
Me: What if it was e instead of π?
Mathematica: Nope.
Published at
2024-02-03 07:11:22Event JSON
{
"id": "adc6d4bb0b61560c0dd12b81f6eca3fea44a86b0b73934829c09c60261ddb151",
"pubkey": "0037e9f1404aa866c76ed1358206ac5387eb2d3589361a3802af0f260bda26d7",
"created_at": 1706944282,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://mathstodon.xyz/users/gregeganSF/statuses/111866300480811753",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "Me: Please simplify this horrible expression.\nMathematica: No, I have no idea how to make that any simpler.\nMe: What if all those πs were just ... anything? Say, z?\nMathematica: Oh, sure, that can be simplified enormously!\nMe: What if it was e instead of π?\nMathematica: Nope.\n\nhttps://media.mathstodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/111/866/299/836/649/265/original/8a5fc7bcb5094dc0.png",
"sig": "bf70dec8d2015a31a774be3b8cdba2f08c521acbe4f27a718fe03eca97a97d3896d2e213e16bbfd16d5cd4cb754e32e3381f5844addc55665ecacc619d0f47a1"
}