This is a moderated community.
The goal is to encourage people to approach mathematics in a fashion that makes it accessible. In order to do this, we're going to need a few basic rules.
- Try to be on topic.
- Be civil.
- No drama.
Pretty simple, huh? Yeah... I reduced them to the lowest common denominator. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Off-topic is tolerated to some extent. Submissions should all be about mathematics, or clearly relate to mathematics. However, once you get into the comments section, it's a much looser standard. Discourse is encouraged, so long as civility is maintained. Good conversations tend to meander around topics and that's perfectly acceptable.
If you do vote, concentrate on promoting content and not downvoting content. Encourage and comment, if you see something that could use improvement. Downvotes don't convey very much information and aren't really helpful. If you must, you must... But try to assume the person making the post was just communicating poorly. Try to assume the best possible interpretation of their post.
Some terms:
- WDT Weekly Discussion Thread
Greek Alphabet:
Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ/ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
Hebrew Alphabet:
א ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט י כ/ך ל מ/ם נ/ן ס ע פ/ף צ/ץ ק ר ש ת
Other common symbols:
¬ → ⇒ ⇔ ∀ ∂ ∃ ∅ ∇ ∈ ∉ √ ∞ ∧ ∨ ∩ ∪ ⊕ ∫ ≈ ≠ ≡ ≤ ≥ ⊆ ⊂ ⊃ ⊄ ° ± · × ⟌ ÷ ⌊ ⌋ ⌈ ⌉ ➀ ℤ ℕ ℙ ℚ ℝ ℂ ℍ ℭ
If you're interested in academia, you can feel free to also join us at v/PrincipiaAcademia where we discuss all things academic.
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[–] Shekelstein6M 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago (edited ago)
No, it was pretty clear what I meant. I think everyone who's not an autistic retard knew what I meant.
No, that was actually you. Let's examine your post that started it all:
What is recent history? Is that yesterday? Or do you mean "about 1000 years ago"?. In which case, your statement isn't really true. Hmmmm.
What is goodly supposed to mean? Is it a hyperbole, perchance? How do you quantify goodly. And does it really come from Arabia, or was it just collected there?
Bullshit.
"The word algebra comes from the Arabic الجبر (al-jabr "restoration") from the title of the book Ilm al-jabr wa'l-muḳābala by al-Khwarizmi."
"Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī[note 1] (Arabic: محمد بن موسى الخوارزمی; c. 780 – c. 850), formerly Latinized as Algoritmi,[note 2] was a Persian[3] mathematician,"
Boy I could go on and on with this.
[–] TheBuddha [S] 2 points -1 points 1 point (+1|-2) ago
Are you typing what you mean now, or am I supposed to interpret this as a cake recipe?
[–] Shekelstein6M 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago (edited ago)
I guess that means I win.
Destroyed by your own rules of engagement.
Your last 3 posts in a nutshell