Infinite Sums Make No Sense

1 = ∑∞ₙ₌₁ 1/2ⁿ >"With infinite sums, to approach X means to equal X exactly" >"But that doesn't make any sense, how can it equal X exactly if it never reaches X? Why would you even have to say "approach" if it just equals, you would just say equal without ever mentioning approaching." >"IT JUST DOES, ALRIGHT!" Finish high school and then it may be a little clearer.

A Wojak-style drawing shows a bearded person pointing at the geometric series 1 = ∑∞ₙ₌₁ 1/2ⁿ while another bespectacled bearded person reacts in confusion. The joke is about a student rejecting the mathematical meaning of an infinite sum and demanding that “approach” mean literal finite arrival; the punchline dismisses the objection with “IT JUST DOES, ALRIGHT!” and tells them to finish high school. EN: A Wojak-style drawing shows a bearded person pointing at the geometric series 1 = ∑∞ₙ₌₁ 1/2ⁿ while another bespectacled bearded person reacts in confusion. The joke is about a student rejecting the mathematical meaning of an infinite sum and demanding that “approach” mean literal finite arrival; the punchline dismisses the objection with “IT JUST DOES, ALRIGHT!” and tells them to finish high school.

• @gentoomemes / 5567 2023-07-31