• @lasagna
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    2510 months ago

    It’s a sum with n from 1 to infinity. The first value with n=1 is 3/4, with n=2 it’s 3/16. And if you keep adding those terms as n goes to infinity it approaches 1 but never gets there.

    Then if you look back at the meme, you could zoom in for infinity and always find a smaller square.

    • @[email protected]
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      2110 months ago

      An additional part of the joke is that showing this through the area of a square is a geometric proof that this series converges the way it does.

      • @[email protected]
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        910 months ago

        Rather than algebraically. Feels like we’re all converging towards explaining the joke but never quite fully get there.

    • Bloody Harry
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      410 months ago

      Oof, I’ve heard this somewhere before. Thanks for the explanation!