@Daft_ish to [email protected] • edit-28 months agoWhat is your favorite paradox or conundrum? I am partial to can god kill god?message-square296arrow-up1143arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1124arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite paradox or conundrum? I am partial to can god kill god?@Daft_ish to [email protected] • edit-28 months agomessage-square296file-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•8 months agoHang on, that’s not a decreasing trend. 1/√4 is not smaller, but larger than 1/4…?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•8 months agoFrom 1/√3 to 1/√4 is less of a decrease than from 1/3 to 1/4, just as from 1/3 to 1/4 is less of a decrease than from 1/(3²) to 1/(4²). The curve here is not mapping 1/4 -> 1/√4, but rather 4 -> 1/√4 (and 3 -> 1/√3, and so on).
Hang on, that’s not a decreasing trend. 1/√4 is not smaller, but larger than 1/4…?
From 1/√3 to 1/√4 is less of a decrease than from 1/3 to 1/4, just as from 1/3 to 1/4 is less of a decrease than from 1/(3²) to 1/(4²).
The curve here is not mapping 1/4 -> 1/√4, but rather 4 -> 1/√4 (and 3 -> 1/√3, and so on).