Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-28 个月前What is your favorite paradox or conundrum? I am partial to can god kill god?message-squaremessage-square291fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite paradox or conundrum? I am partial to can god kill god?Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-28 个月前message-square291fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJayjader@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 个月前From 1/√3 to 1/√4 is less of a decrease than from 1/3 to 1/4, just as from 1/3 to 1/4 is less of a decrease than from 1/(3²) to 1/(4²). The curve here is not mapping 1/4 -> 1/√4, but rather 4 -> 1/√4 (and 3 -> 1/√3, and so on).
From 1/√3 to 1/√4 is less of a decrease than from 1/3 to 1/4, just as from 1/3 to 1/4 is less of a decrease than from 1/(3²) to 1/(4²).
The curve here is not mapping 1/4 -> 1/√4, but rather 4 -> 1/√4 (and 3 -> 1/√3, and so on).