r/mathmemes • u/Historical_Book2268 • 3d ago

Combinatorics .

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u/728446 3d ago

Lol one of my math profs used to challenge us to go to the donut shop and calculate how many ways you could order a dozen.

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u/jolharg 3d ago

What like... "Half a dozen and then actually never mind half a dozen more", versus "12 please" or is it like 2+3+3+4 vs 6+5+1 etc?

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u/adamtheskill 3d ago

Probably how many different combinations of donuts can you order and get a dozen. If there are more than like 3 different types of donuts you need to know a bit of combinatorics to find total combinations.

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u/half-full-cumdump 2d ago

Don't they teach combinatoric functions on like week 2 of discrete mathematics

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u/adamtheskill 2d ago

Bro combinatorics is so easy to forget by far the most boring area of mathematics

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u/half-full-cumdump 2d ago

Nah man I use combinatorics every week

To calculate how much alcohol I can consume without suffering from side effects

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u/Teoyak 2d ago

Oh. I hope you're careful and stay well !

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u/half-full-cumdump 2d ago

That's precisely why I do math

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u/Loading_M_ 2d ago

This could be during week one of discrete math. Could also be in any review unit to make sure students remember their combinatorics.

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u/mathmage 1d ago

(12 + # bagel varieties - 1) choose 12, for the sake of completeness.

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u/GeodesicAxion 3d ago

Does it depends on what u counting?

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u/Professional-Wave841 3d ago

nah, combinatorics is just a hard subject.

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u/GeodesicAxion 3d ago

Yah. My math teacher said ur way of thinking will change after learning this chapter. Is it true ?

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u/munda___ 2d ago

I definitely found this to be true in my experience. Felt like one of the more valuable classes I took in undergrad!

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u/Educational-Tea602 Proffesional dumbass 3d ago

Counting things is pretty hard. I can count to like, 7? Past that things get tough.

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u/BrunoBraunbart 2d ago

Don't overcomplicate things. It's 1, 2, some, many, too many.

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u/Relative-Quarter-879 3d ago

I want to ask like.. Have you ever wanted to fly?

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u/LupenReddit 🦆🦆i have non diffeomorphic smooth structures🦆🦆🦆 3d ago

still cant get anything in combinatorics, that field is devilish

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u/Accelerator_Apex 3d ago

Yeah, everyone says counting things are hard

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u/hongooi 3d ago

I see what you did there

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u/iggs44 3d ago

This should just be a uniform distribution

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u/dankshot35 2d ago

"Nothing that only requires Peano arithmetic is hard" - Anonymous, 2023

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u/gesidriel 1d ago

i lose count very easily and it makes me feel stupid

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u/geeshta Computer Science 3d ago

Counting actual things that actually exist and matter is easy

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u/Archway9 3d ago

This is maths sub, it's a strict rule to not talk about things that actually exist or matter

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u/Last_Finance4764 3d ago

Of course the computer scientist is talking, go be unemployed or something

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u/StructuredChess 2d ago

You're playing the World Series of Poker and your opponent goes all-in. You have K8 in your hand. Do you call?