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Im sorry, but the capital form alone justifies its existence.

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42 points

statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged

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15 points

This is giving me PTSD flashbacks from Number Theory at uni. What a fascinating mindfuck.

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8 points

oh god number theory… the things they make you do in that class…

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5 points

Is this from Principia Mathematica or smth?

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7 points

This looks like classical ordinal set theory in relatively modern notation. I’d guess that Principia Mathematica uses batshit notation compared to this but I haven’t read it.

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83 points

Mathematicians write the most insane shit you’ve ever seen in your life then they’re just like □ peace out

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12 points

If you wrote the equivalent of this in software I think linus torvalds himself would personally show up to destroy your pc.

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4 points

Nah, formulas like that are basically the assembly code for logic.

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