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I'm getting this bit of math as a tattoo, any advice?

>> No.5175498

to not get that on you forever

>> No.5175499

you mean body-part-wise?

>> No.5175502

Don't.
If you're going to get a tattoo of maths or science do it with something actually important to you in some way, not some random formula from a class.
Wait until graduate school, get ink of something related to what you did research in, then you'll appreciate it that much more.

>> No.5175501

chest. but srsly don't do it

>> No.5175511

>>5175502
Probably yeah. It does seem like a rather rash action, but it's small and it's simplicity seems timeless.

>> No.5175522

Don't write something on you permanently. That is just stupid and immature.

Think about it like this:
Did Euler tattoo that on himself?
Did Poincare have any equation tattoos?
How about Lagrange or Hilbert?

No? Then you don't need a fucking math tattoo either.

>> No.5175524

>>5175511

It feels like the math equivalent of getting something like "Hope" or "Love" tattooed on you in Chinese. I would much rather tattoo something from my graduate work. That would actually be really nice.

>> No.5175526

>>5175489
>>5175502
this OP, otherwise you're just doing it for attention basically

>> No.5175527

>>5175511
>well it is small and hidden

Everyone says this about their tattoos. If the tattoo is so insignificant, why get it?

If you like the equation, get a t-shirt or bumper sticker or poster.

Or if you really want to honor the equation, go get a Ph.D and do some research and push the field of complex analysis even further.

>> No.5175531

LMAO do it

>> No.5175543

don't do this, this is the same as 1+1=2, 2+2=4,
a+a = 2a

>> No.5175557

>>5175511
It'll wear off, trust me.
When I was in freshman chem I thought the Gibbs free energy equation was the coolest thing ever, (in some ways I still do) and I almost got a tattoo of it. Looking back that would've been stupid and any of my peers who saw it would wonder why I got something so simplistic as a tattoo.
I'd get a tattoo of some polymer I synthesized, you should get something of a theorem you devise, trust me.

>> No.5175572

>>5175557
Thanks, that's reasonable advice from the most reasonable board on 4chan.

>> No.5175581
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5175581

like mine? :D

>> No.5175588

Other said it, but OP, damn, that really is THE most generic math tattoo you can get.

>> No.5175591

>>5175511
Your opinion of it isn't timeless though.

There are plenty of tattoos I almost put on myself when I was younger, all of which I'm eternally glad to not have.

>> No.5175608

Tattoos are stupid.

>> No.5175617

>>5175608

>> No.5175622
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>>5175489
People who actually know or study math don't get shitty math tatoos.

People who read shitty pop-science books about math, and think it is so cool get math tatoos. These people usually sound like complete fucking morons to actual mathematicans. They have no actual knowledge of math, and most of the shit they learn in there shitty pop-sci books is beyond fucking shit.

By all means, please get a math tatoo. It will be like an instant repallant for anyone intellgent. It will let smart people know you are a complete dumbfuck.

>> No.5175635

>>5175622
Hey captain arrogance, OP already left because some people who have some experience talked him out of it.

By the way, shut the fuck up, math isn't a common pop-sci topic, by going off on your little autistic tangent, you show that you're a dumbfuck, and you act like some kid who thinks he's cool because he got a 90 in his babby AP calc course.

>> No.5175657

just get it on your forehead right above your greasy monobrow so people know right away to avoid you

>> No.5175663

Most tattoos look like shit,

Every single tattoo I've seen on every single person looks like shit.

There is the rare tattoo that looks good.

>> No.5175682

before you get a tat.. have a friend draw in on you with permanent marker .. feel embarrassed? feel shamed? get tired of it after a week?.. well than dont get the tattoo.. if most people did this they'd never get tattoos

>> No.5175725

>>5175663
>most tattoo=shit
>every tattoo=shit
>some tatto=good
>does
>not
>compute. . .

>> No.5175733

>>5175725

Most tattoos look like shit meaning not every tattoo looks bad but a lot of them look bad. The statement "Most tattoos look like shit" is a common conception.

Every tattoo I have seen looks like shit meaning every tattoo I have seen looks bad.

There is the rare tattoo that looks good meaning there is some good looking tattoo but I have not seen any myself.

That is what I meant.

>> No.5175744

>>5175733
How would you base your opinion in statement 1, seeing as how in statement 2 you have only seen shit tattoos? Given statement 2, how did you come to the conclusion of statement 3?

>> No.5175746

I'm thinking about getting the Maclaurin/Taylor poloynomial equations tattoo'd on me, but thats only because I dont want to memorize that shit for calc II

euler's identity is already tattoo'd on you. in your brain, man. on your mind.

>> No.5175751

>>5175744
babbies first attempt at formal logic xD

>> No.5175752

Use a quantum number generator and get a tattoo of a random piece of binary. Then you will know that there are other universes with 2^n versions of yourself.

>> No.5175760

>>5175744

Opinion is based off many people agreeing that most tattoos look like shit. I took it for word. For example I know relativity exists but I didn't question it because I don't understand it.

>> No.5175764

>>5175752
Haha, that's awesome.

>> No.5175765

>>5175751
Whatever, his post made no sense.

Most cake tastes bad, every cake i have ever had tasted bad, but there is that rare cake that tastes good. Is this fucking coherent?

>> No.5175767

>>5175760
>Opinion is based off many people agreeing that most tattoos look like shit

The fact that there are so many tattoos shows that people like tattoos. how can they all be shit by popular opinion?

>> No.5175770

>>5175765
Most people hate cake.
I have never eaten a good cake.

Why should I assume that all cake tastes bad?

>> No.5175778

>>5175770
Why should you assume there is "the rare exception"? Instead of assuming you are correct that all cake is bad, you assume there must be good cakes out there.

>> No.5175788
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5175788

>>5175725

>> No.5175794

>>5175778
>I've only ever seen white swans
>Therefore, by inductive logic, there are only white swans
But this wasn't true, there are black swans which the person that made this statement has not seen. It is the fundamental problem with inductive logic. You must make allowance for the probability of a swan that isn't white existing, just like you must allow for the probability of a tattoo that looks good existing. It is perfectly coherent.

>> No.5175801

>>5175794
The real issue lies with your conclusion that all cakes taste bad, in your example. While it is logically valid, it is not true, therefore it's not sound.

>> No.5175804

>>5175765
Yes, it is absolutely coherent.

Most moons don't contain life
Every moon we've ever observed doesn't contain life
Soom moons could still contain life though

>> No.5175815

>There is the rare tattoo that looks good meaning there is some good looking tattoo but I have not seen any myself.

Do you guys see anything in here that indicates this is a possibility and not a forgone conclusion?

>>5175794
It would only be the same if he said "i have only seen white swans, but there must be black swans as well"

Its the simple difference between accepting possibility and assuming there MUST be exceptions to your statement.

>> No.5175834
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5175834

It's ok.
You can go for e^(i*θ)=cosθ + i sinθ <-- much better than the particular sample you have.

Of if I had the balls to get one, i would get:

the Riemann zeta function.

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5175835

>>5175788
moar leik this amirite

makes perfect sense

>> No.5175839

>>5175815
No, because the latter statement is true. There are black swans, therefore it's a perfectly sound argument. Saying that there are ONLY white swans is much more general and restricting.

don't wanna bump this shit

>> No.5175846

>>5175835
wat

How could something be both good and shit?

>> No.5175847

>>5175846
Good shit, man.

>> No.5175858

>>5175847
Alright, that one made me laugh.

>> No.5175866

>>5175839
>doesn't know the difference between POSSIBLY and IS

>> No.5175873

>>5175846
Ask the OP...

or this guy >>5175788

I was trying to point out the inconsistency myself

>> No.5175878

>>5175866
Oh, I misread. If you're thinking in terms of absolutes like that, then definitely, they would both be just as fallible. However, I'm not sure what the point of that post was, then...

>> No.5175883

>>5175878
Too much 4chan. I'm genuinely surprised when someone admits to a mistake instead of just hammering on.

You just made my night.

>> No.5175892

>>5175883
np bb
we science now

>> No.5175906

Why would you get a tattoo with pi in it when it should be tau?

>> No.5175910

Back to OP

Tattoos are causes for regret, except in case where they are milestones. Sailors used to get tattoos based on accomplishements, such as crossing the equator or a tropic, getting promoted to first mate, Being 5,000 miles from home.

If your tattoo doesnt mark a major spot on your journey in a way that is easily identified as such, you will regret it when you change as a person. I personally have one that is a mile-marker for turning 18, and while i hate the design i picked, its a marker of the fact that adulthood doesn't mean you aren't a stupid child.

>> No.5175978

>using your skin as a cheat sheet

seriously hope.

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>> No.5176521

>>5175834
Why?... It's just a definition.

>> No.5176525

Yes. Don't get such an unoriginal tattoo.

>> No.5176540

>>5175489
Don't.

>> No.5176561

If ever,
2 Options:
1.
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2.
>21st century
>geting tattoos at cheap studios