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Nov. 12th, 2007 11:10 pm
owl: Charlie Eppes. Geek. (geeky)
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I have just discovered that there is a word for the infinity symbol, &infin : lemniscate
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Date: 2007-11-12 11:16 pm (UTC)
yubsie: (Default)
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Is that like lemnas bread? :p

Date: 2007-11-12 11:20 pm (UTC)
owl: Stylized barn owl (o rly)
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Nevererdovit :)

Date: 2007-11-13 02:58 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] leia-naberrie.livejournal.com
*stares* er... Secondary school maths? I thought everyone knew that.

Date: 2007-11-13 08:21 am (UTC)
owl: Part of the Mandlebrot Set, in blue (mandelbrot)
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Nope, nor university maths either.

Date: 2007-11-13 08:40 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] leia-naberrie.livejournal.com
Wow. So what did you use for limits?

e.g.

What is the limit of X2 as x tends to infinity?

Date: 2007-11-13 09:57 pm (UTC)
owl: Stylized barn owl (ponder)
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Oh! I think we've got our wires crossed: we used the symbol all the time, we just never called it a lemniscate.

Date: 2007-11-14 06:07 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] leia-naberrie.livejournal.com
A_ha!
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