Nontrivial Zeta Function Nightmare

ζ(z) = ∑_{k=1}^{∞} 1/k^z = 1/Γ(z) ∫_0^∞ t^{z−1}/(e^t−1) dt ζ(z) = 2^z π^{z−1} sin(πz/2) Γ(1−z) ζ(1−z) nontrivial ζ(z) = 0 for ℜ(z) = 1/2

A four-panel reaction meme combines dense mathematical equations, including the Riemann zeta function and its nontrivial zeros, with two increasingly distorted, horrifying faces. The joke is that advanced mathematics feels terrifying or mentally destructive, so it is used as a reaction to something impossibly complicated or confusing.

• @eternalclassic / 5433 2021-12-22