Ad4mWayn3@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 21 days agoWhat is your favorite math constant that is NOT a real number?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down12
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite math constant that is NOT a real number?Ad4mWayn3@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 21 days agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·21 days agoε, the base of the dual numbers. It’s a nonzero hypercomplex number that squares to zero, enabling automatic differentiation.
ε, the base of the dual numbers.
It’s a nonzero hypercomplex number that squares to zero, enabling automatic differentiation.