Did you revolt against math when you found out that pi was some boring constant?

@ostfuidctyvm logarithms must have been a hoot

@ShepherdBard It's called vector calculus, and those are Maxwell's Equations. E represents an electric field, an B a magnetic field. The triple integrals integrate the whole of a 3D volume; the double integrals with a loop integrate over a closed surface containing said volume. On the right hand side, the upside down triangle is called 'del' and 'del dot' and 'del cross' are different partial derivatives of 3D vector quantities; also known as divergence and curl operators respectively.

When an electromagnetic wave (radio, light, etc) propagates thru empty space, a magnetic field in some direction rises and falls, inducing a perpendicular electric field to rise and fall, thus inducing a magnetic field, etc etc. At any point in space these fields have a magnitude and direction, so they are described by 3D vectors.

@ElwoodBlues I took calc 3 a bit over a year ago. It was a lot of work, a lot of the info didn’t stick because the pace was so quick. But I’m going back and learning from calc 1 a bit each day

@ShepherdBard

There are sweatshirts that read, "And God said [insert the equations above]....and there was light!"

@Punxi and they said you were a square

@Lilymoon you’re opening a can of worms with that one nowadays

@ShepherdBard couldn't resist 🤣

@DrWatson 355/113 is my favorite approximation to pi, good to 7 significant digits!

355/113-pi ≈ 2.66764189x10^-7

@ElwoodBlues

Yes. A few papers have been written about that. As good as it is, nobody has found a "natural" way in which it arises.

Weirdly, it is close to a well-known approximation:

22/7 - 1/791 = 355/113

@empanadas we had a substitute teacher that said we were going to have a pizza party, then drew a circle on the chalkboard and put triangles saying “here’s a slice for you, and you”
Never forgiven

@ShepherdBard diabolical 💀