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[–] chortle_tortle@mander.xyz 88 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

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

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 1 month ago

Brah, chain rule & function composition.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

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

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

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

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

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