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2026-05-06 16:38 UTC
@nyovaya @nyx Of course, that's neither the point of the infinite summation nor the point of the translation of the math notation into the for-loop.
The point is that there is a translation from the notation to a computer language format that allows a person not versed in maths to understand the underlying concept of the math notation in an intuitive way, as a starting point. If you can't understand what sigma does at its most basic, you cannot understand its actual math purpose as a whole.
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@nyx@lgbtqia.space 2026-05-06 18:30
@shana @nyovaya I did recognize that it is fine as an analogy! And I added extra information because I think there is beauty in nuance. Also if you think that is nitpicking, oh boy you haven't dealt with math enough 🤭 Look, I'll use an analogy: math is like programming in that you get one symbol wrong and your whole program/theorem doesn't compile.