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[–] chortle_tortle@mander.xyz 90 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

Mathematicians will in one breath tell you they aren't fractions, then in the next tell you dz/dx = dz/dy * dy/dx

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

Have you seen a mathematician claim that? Because there's entire algebra they created just so it becomes a fraction.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 2 weeks ago

Brah, chain rule & function composition.

[–] Koolio@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Also multiplying by dx in diffeqs

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[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

This is until you do multivariate functions. Then you get for f(x(t), y(t)) this: df/dt = df/dx * dx/dt + df/dy * dy/dt

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

(d/dx)(x) = 1 = dx/dx

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Not very good mathematicians if they tell you they aren't fractions.