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Post by TapToTalk on Oct 26, 2017 10:13:35 GMT -5
As a side note: If something in mathematics has a person's name attached to it, it's a good bet that that person was NOT the one who first developed the idea. The history of mathematics is full of credit-stealing. Absolutely. Many concepts were known, lost and discovered again before the advent of the printing press. And, I seriously doubt anyone but a math major knows or is taught much about who something was named after. Math classes aren't about math history... (Class, we are no longer going to refer to 3.14159 as pi, this is racist and continues white privilege. We are going to alternate between the Egyptian hieroglyphic and Chinese character of those who originally used the concept. March 14 will no longer be a math holiday.)
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Post by TapToTalk on Oct 26, 2017 10:14:34 GMT -5
Only white people are allowed to use pi as an irrational number. You're not thinking rationally! Talking to your imaginary friends again?
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