2026-05-09 13:12:47
I was so consumed by making excuses for my dear aunt that I got owned here. #math
Another day, another math problem. Was browsing the Internet and ran across one of those math social media posts that asked to solve `8^x 2^x = 30` and decided to go all the way down the rabbit hole on the solution. Also learned a bit about spacing in math mode for LaTeX as well...
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Früher hieß es, der Beweis ist trivial oder so. Das ist eine schöne Steigerung. 😉
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And America wonders why/how it is bad at math. 😒
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Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈 knows that everyone has to say "big stretch!" even when it is just a medium stretch.
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Nerd sniped myself this time: after getting sniped yesterday with showing that for primes `p >= 5` that `24 | p^2 - 1`, I decided to look at primes `p, q` where `p, q >= 5` and see if `24 | p^2 - q^2`.
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My plan to attend #FortWayne #NoKings has been derailed by an unpleasant headcold 🤧 . So I am staying home with Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈
Relaxing at home and got nerd sniped again via YouTube. Looked interesting enough to give it a shot though the thumbnail was more than a bit misleading as they used `n` instead of `x` which has certain connotations associated with it.
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I have a notational problem to solve. In my linear algebra script polynomials are usually capital letter named, like P,Q ∈ K[t].
Endomorphisms have capital letters from the F,G,H range.
Then in the theory of normal forms we need projection operators, which are endomorphisms, so they ought to be and are currently called P.
But then in that chapter the (characteristic, minimal, ...) polynomials move to small letters which is disturbing.
What should I do?
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Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈 wants to know why it's taking me so long to grade these papers.
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Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈 helping me grade a competition problem
Say you have a machine that spits out hundreds of very long solution attempts to the Riemann hypothesis. Each is tedious and hard and then humans start reading it all until they refute most and finally find one that is correct. It’s a gigantic effort for the humans, but now they have a proof.
Did the machine then _solve_ the Riemann hypothesis?
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Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈 cautiously having a #Caturday springtime outdoors minute
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Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈 has some facial expressions. This one is "unimpressed".
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Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈 having an equinocturnal #Caturday snooze
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Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈 is pretty tired after an epic #PiDay2026 #Caturday
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