Brilliant writing, as ever, from @sarahdoingthing https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/09/07/the-world-as-if/ …
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Replying to @BDSixsmith @sarahdoingthing
I may be confused and if so I am sorry. But the author seems to entirely misunderstand the use of the word 'let' in mathematics.
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Replying to @DaveJSixsmith @BDSixsmith
hopefully not "misunderstand" just stretching ideas and being cute
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing @BDSixsmith
I might say "Certain properties of circle can be correctly defined by considering regular polygon of n sides and letting n tend to infinity"
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Replying to @DaveJSixsmith @BDSixsmith
keep in mind this is history of math more than math but still importantpic.twitter.com/vp907Ukn8S
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