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		enthdegree on Aug 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Infinite Proofs: The Effects of Mathematics on Dav... Pemulis’ absolutely worthless and wrong but also completely self-assured descriptions of calculus are part of his character

lukas099 on Aug 10, 2024 | [–]

That's funny, I just got to that part in my rereading of IJ and I had no idea it was completely wrong.

zkldi on Aug 12, 2024 | [–]

That makes sense to be honest, I thought it was intentional but then seeing so many other maths errors in other DFW works led me to believe it might very well not be.

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