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A mathematical look into study = fail
Wed, 07/25/2007 - 08:02 | by Mgccl
I don't know who is the first person to start this NOT mathematically sound joke:
Study = no fail
no study = fail
study + no study = fail + no fail
study (1+no) = fail (1+no)
study = fail
The joke is a fail!
First at sight, wow, what a amazing proof. But really, not so...
"no" could be -1
and there is a lot evidence support no is -1
yes correspond to true, which in turn can be expressed by 1
no is the negation of yes. so it's likely be -1
if it's -1, the result is NOT true, because (no+1) = 0
if ab = ac, b=c only if a does not equal to 0
division by zero... that's fail!
What does this mean? study and fail have no relationship? nope, this means study = -fail. so, actually, the real answer for the study = fail proof should be.
|study| = |fail|
so if I absolutely study, I will absolutely fail.
Here is the new proof if you like to show off to your friends.
study = no fail
no study = failif no does not equal to -1.
study + no study = fail + no fail
study (1+no) = fail (1+no)
study = failif no does equal -1
study = -1*fail
study = -failthus
|study| = |fail|
A special case, no = 0. Which makes study = fail and -fail. in that case, study = 0, study=nothing. and thing can be any number, like the definition of "thing" in english. That's Zen.
btw... if no equals everything but 1 or -1, study = fail = 0... I just make that special case so it sounds nice...
read the comment to see how I arrive that.
Some other note. It is ok to divide by zero in some sets. For example, the real projective line. But still, study = fail can't be observed. Since a/0 = unsigned infinity in real projective line.
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Comments
This is also wrong - it
This is also wrong - it mixes boolean mathematics with standard maths, great u show off though... O_o
how is this... also
how is this... also wrong?
it doesn't have boolean mathematics involved. no is just a normal variable, doesn't mean 0 or something.
oh... wait... if no = 0... a whole new meaning!!!
!A = B A = !B That is what I
!A = B
A = !B
That is what I mean. If 'no' was a variable then we'd have
A = no * B
A/no = B
which is not the case. And in the second part is back to standard maths.
It's just a joke, don't try to make sense out of it. Albeit not correct... Sometimes you just have to let go, which I apparently am not a good example of :)
well, in the original joke,
well, in the original joke, no was treated as a number.
it is a set of linear equations.
study = no fail
no study = fail
let x = no
a = study
b = fail
substitute
a = xb
xa = b
manipulate until x is on one side
x = b/a (when a doesn't equal 0)
x = a/b (when b doesn't equal 0)
as we can see, the solution for this must be a=b or a=-b (a,b != 0)
and solution of x is either 1 or -1.
x can also be zero when a and b are both zero
study = fail is just one of the relations, actually there is an exact number for study and fail when no is anything else but -1, or 1.
when no = 1. study = fail and study can be any number
when no = -1. study = -fail and study can be any number
when no = anything else, study = fail = 0.
(ax = b and bx = a, x = all real but 1, or -1, then a, b must be 0 when they are in the domain or reals, it's easy to see that on a graph. Don't know if it works on complex numbers, I have to do some research.)
|study|=|fail| is not wrong.
Jokes doesn't have to have sense. I laughed at this joke and found it funny, but it's a math joke, I have to be rigours on this type of stuff.
this no doesn't mean not xD.
Get a life and go on a date
Get a life and go on a date with someone other than your mom.... Loser.
let's see, the reason you
let's see, the reason you are attacking me because you believe having a date is such a important thing in life it tops mathematics.
and complete ignore the person you are talking to is not the average human you meet in everyday life.
FAIL.
i was just thinking...
....that maybe YOU'RE NOT A MATHEMATICALLY CORRECT JOKE!
just kidding
thanks for stopping by and for the comment.
when i get my phd in math, i'll probably agree with you.
for now, i'll stick with making lame jokes and laughing at things that i think are funny.
...like "poop." hehe....poop.....
ps- very cool site
OMG, when I saw those cap
OMG, when I saw those cap text I got scared that I'm not mathematically correct... I might have to prove mine consistency...
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thx.
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The actual fallacy,
The actual fallacy, interpreting "no" as the boolean operator ! (which makes a lot more sense), is in the cancellation of the operators:
S = !F (by assumption)
!S = F (correct)
S + !S = F + !F (correct)
(I+!)S = (I+!)F (where I is the identity; correct)
S = F (incorrect)
Notice the similar (but more familiar) fallacy here:
d(x^2 + 1)/dx = d(x^2 + 2)/dx
d/dx (x^2 + 1) = d/dx (x^2 + 2)
x^2 + 1 = x^2 + 2
1 = 2
The joke treat "no" as a
The joke treat "no" as a real number...
But we can assume "no" is !... and amazingly... it works as a great way to demonstrate fallacy..
Another point: You cannot
Another point: You cannot assume that it is commutative. i.e (1+no) does not necessarily equal (no+1)
ie study + no study = no fail + fail
study (1+no) = fail (no+1)
... right... but a field is
...
right... but a field is the usual assumption if it's not specified what kind of algebra construction it is...
can the "no" be 0.51 or
can the "no" be 0.51 or 0.49?
yes. Doesn't make any
yes. Doesn't make any different to what I said.
Wow.
I love how you guys take an innocent joke, and then rape the living fuck out of it by correcting the maths of it.
Bravo.
It's about mathematical
It's about mathematical correctness. Just like political correctness, but much more important.
If there are more innocent make jokes that are mathematically wrong, there will be people rape the living fuck out of it. I will make sure I'm one of the first. That's a promise you can count on.
For your consideration, I
For your consideration, I present a rebuttal
study=nofail
nostudy=fail
nofail=pass
fail=nopass
study+nostudy=nofail+nofail
study+nostudy=pass+nopass
study(no+1)=pass(no+1)
study=pass
if no fail is equal to
if no fail is equal to -fail, -fail is equal to succes
you said it yourself that a minus gives the opposite
so the opposite of fail is succes
you just can't trick math
Guys its supposed to be a
Guys its supposed to be a joke. If you seriously think what it means ur beleiving Study=Fail thing. LOL.
You know.... I used to find
You know.... I used to find this joke to be very funny until you bunch of "I never had a girlfriend before" geeks had to ruin it because you have no real life and have nothing better to do than to analyze something that is only meant to be humorous!!! It is a joke. Just because it involves mathematics does not mean that it needs to be mathematically infallible. If that were the case, the world would be a much less funny place and in this case, there would be no joke because it has to be 'mathematically proven!' Just laugh at it and move on with the lives you do not seem to have!
How about... NO... I will be
How about... NO...
I will be ruining any math joke that's not infallible...
there is a simpler way to
there is a simpler way to disprove this equation. If a solution doesn't agree with what is given, the solution is false.
(my math teacher told me that when i showed this to him. I never study and i never fail.)
the result can agree with
the result can agree with the given. depend on how one treat study, fail and no...
if one think each one of them are just a variable stand for real numbers, it is true there are times where study = fail.
but if one take it literally. where no is used as NOT and = used as implies. Then yes, it is not consistent...
which means either the system is inconsistent... or there are some error made in a consistent system.
Fuck you
You ruined my childhood
LOL
XD
Study = no fail no study =
Study = no fail
no study = fail
study + no study = fail + no fail
study (1+no) = fail (1+no)
study = fail (1+no)/(1+no)
study = fail
Cool :D <3 it!!
Cool :D <3 it!!
shouldn't it be study =
shouldn't it be study = |fail|? the negative value of study is never in question.
Then it would be study = fail
Then it would be study = fail or study = -fail. But not study = |fail|
When you get to the part,
When you get to the part, study*(no+1) = fail*(no+1), divide by (no+1) on both sides. You will get study*((no+1)/(no+1)) = fail*((no+1)/(no+1)). Now, let's take a closer look on the part, (no+1)/(no+1).
Find the limit as "no" approaches -1 of (1+no)/(1+no) and you will get 0/0, which is indeterminate. Therefore, if you need to simplify it and since the numerator and the denominator are the same, you cancel it out and get the limit as "no" approaches -1 of 1. Since there is nothing to replace "no", the limit is 1. If you still don't believe me, you can still use l'hospital's rule and using "no" as a variable, you get limit as "no" approaches -1 of 1/1, and you still get 1.
Now, replace 1 for (no+1)/(no+1) in study*((no+1)/(no+1)) = fail*((no+1)/(no+1)) and you get study*1 = fail*1. And 1 times anything is itself. Therefore, study = fail. Now, that was using calculus so beat that.
So you defined 0/0 to be
So you defined 0/0 to be limit of x/x...
On the subject of rape
I think that the whole point of the joke is to be a funny usage of basic math to produce a humorous result. In this way, it invites itself to be mathematically examined (and thereby "raped"). I don't think that examining it at all ruins the joke; in fact, it makes it better.
There's a much easier
There's a much easier way:
Since
Study + No study = Fail + No fail
(1+no)(study) - (1+no)(fail) = 0
(1+no)(study - fail) = 0
1+no = 0
Division by 1+no which is 0 is not allowed.
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