Gork@lemm.ee to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months agoAlso P!=NPfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1492arrow-down114
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minus-squareOwl@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·4 months agoDamn, I’m so dumb it hurts
minus-squaresazey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agome too but you were brave enough to ask
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months ago2 != 2 But what if it’s true? Perhaps the 2 on the left is integer and the right one is character.
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoOr it’s a language where each number is a different instance, and != compares addresses.
minus-squareYozul@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 months ago“!” in math is the factorial symbol, and 2 factorial is just 2 times 1, which is 2.
minus-squareI_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoWhereas != is commonly used in programming as “not equal to”. So the mathematician see two factorial equals two, which is true. The programmer sees two is not equal to two, which is not true.
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Damn, I’m so dumb it hurts
me too but you were brave enough to ask
2 != 2
But what if it’s true? Perhaps the 2 on the left is integer and the right one is character.
Or it’s a language where each number is a different instance, and
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“!” in math is the factorial symbol, and 2 factorial is just 2 times 1, which is 2.
Whereas != is commonly used in programming as “not equal to”.
So the mathematician see two factorial equals two, which is true.
The programmer sees two is not equal to two, which is not true.
factorial