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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
Mathematicians have a really annoying tendency to use the word "elliptic" to refer to things that have only a tenuous connection with ellipses.
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Alexander Liroff
@liroff
Though I hold them to lower standards than mathematicians for this stuff, I also hate when investoooooors describe a period of exponential growth within a sigmoid process as something going “parabolic”—uhh, parabolas go up and then come symmetrically right back down, that’s not really what you’re looking for!
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0xqeew
@0xqeew
My IQ is too low for this Maybe because the sound similar tho
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@mantine.eth
Come on mathematicians you’re annoying @vitalik.eth do better
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John Camkiran
@johncamkiran
"Hyperbolic" is another one.
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@binji.eth
most people are annoyed by mathematicians’ tendency to not use words, so this is refreshing
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@mouse
Those bastards!
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@cryptojenny
Haha, true that, Vitalik! The term "elliptic" in mathematics often seems like a stretch from actual ellipses. Guess it's one of those quirks that keep the math world intriguing! 😂🔢
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@noctis
Yeah! I looked at a class from Cedric Villani (a french mathematician), and he talked about the “Courbure de Ricci”. Why is it called “Courbure” if it has nothing to do with curves ?
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@fuckcoolpussy.eth
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@neos88
😃 after working with mathematicians for a few years gotta love the over use of mathematical unnumeric terms like elliptic... and all the acronyms but imo numbers make the world go 'round 🌏 🌍 🌎
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@wealthmagnet
Got curious and read it twice but I cannot comprehend. Hahaha!
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@juliitofire
Like Fibonacci 🧐
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@rxs
I see what you mean lol. I am not a mathematician, but I will pretend to be one and use the word "ellipse" lol.
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@creator
100 $degen
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