Re:How has mathematics gotten so abstract?
by wvlia5 on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @10:12AM
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Once I taught the binomial coefficient formula to a girl after sex
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Re:How has mathematics gotten so abstract?
by grues-dinner on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @10:36AM
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"So you see if the chance of pregnancy is constant per..uh..encounter, and given that the condom just broke, we're on a spectrum from the chance of a second round roughly doubling the odds but the overall chance is still small, or it doesn't make much difference anyway. Either way, the numbers say we should go again."
Re:How has mathematics gotten so abstract?
by dominicrose on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @11:09AM
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that's not too abstract, I can see how this formula applies to sex
I tried using if for this: https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/12 but computer said no
Re:How has mathematics gotten so abstract?
by mbork_pl on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @10:18AM
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The Fibonacci sequence might have been more appropriate.
Re:How has mathematics gotten so abstract?
by lo_zamoyski on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @10:26AM
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Not if they were using contraception.