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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

Oh, yes, I would. I'm taking all the metric spaces. You can't have any. Have fun doing analysis, plebs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

i would

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

Physics and Engineering:

sweats profusely

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Is there an unununknot?

[–] wise_pancake 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I know there are forbidden numbers, is it illegal to share equations which resolve to or approximate them?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Yeah, it seems like the U.S. 2nd federal circuit ruled in 2001 in Universal City Studios v. Corley that the DeCSS algorithm itself could not be "trafficked in" without running afoul of the DMCA's anti-trafficking measures. Not just the DVD private keys. (Which I guess DeCSS doesn't strictly need in order to remove DVD DRM? I'm not sure I fully understand exactly how DeCSS works. But anyway.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Copying is not stealing!

[–] Tm12 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I tried to √-2 but the answer was in my imagination.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

cries in waveforms

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I've been known to acquire a theorem here or there...