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| + | Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; |
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| − | | date = May 2, 2022
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| − | | titletext = It's like sigma summation notation, except instead of summing the argument over all values of i, you 2 the argument over all values of 2.
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| − | ==Explanation==
| + | I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. |
| − | {{incomplete|Created by 2 squared - Please change this comment when editing this page. Explanationi needs to be divided into some kind of sections where each 2 is explained. Rather than one big block of text. Also the prepended super and subscripts should be explaiend in the order they appear and not as now at the end. Plus the curse is not mentioned. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
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| − | This demonstrates the different ways in which the number 2 can be typeset in various scientific fields.
| + | The evil that men do lives after them; |
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| | + | The good is oft interred with their bones; |
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| − | The dotted box represents any character (presumably a letter or bigram of letters). All the other notation consists only of the digit 2, in various fashions with occasional additional punctuation, and labelled as to what the 'purpose' might normally be of any particular element(s) as indicated, with respect to the general term, in the following fashions:
| + | So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus |
| − | ;Regular Math
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| − | :Precedes the term. "2x" indicates two times the value of ''x'' in normal algebraic use that should be familiar with many people. | + | Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: |
| − | ;Physics
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| − | :A preceding superscript. "<sup>2</sup>H" would indicate the isotope of Hydrogen with the atomic weight of two, i.e. deuterium, which is most often encountered when working with the atomic level of matter where the total number of neutrons and protons in the atom is important.
| + | If it were so, it was a grievous fault, |
| − | ;Chemical Physics
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| − | :A preceding subscript, "<sub>2</sub>He" indicates the atomic number of an atom, which is the number of protons it contains, and thus a guide to the number of electrons it usually has and hence its potential chemical intersctions. Usually invariant for any particular element, but usually given sinultaneously with the presuperscripted mass number.
| + | And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it. |
| − | ;Regular Math or Footnotes
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| − | :A trailing superscript is typical of a power value, in this case "x²" would be ''x'' multiplied by itself, and a fairly typical mathematical standard. Additionally, superscripted numbers are one common way to mark words in a line of text in a way to refer to a footnote, typically placed at the bottom of the page, with additional information that would not be appropriate or easily comprehendable to edit into the main text itself.
| + | Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest– |
| − | ;Chemistry
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| − | :A trailing subscript is used in chemistry to indicate a multiple of the element (or group of elements, in brackets) in a chemical formula. "H<sub>2</sub>O" indicates two hydrogen atoms bond with a single oxygen atom in a molecule of water.
| + | For Brutus is an honourable man; |
| − | ;Matrices!
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| − | :Extending the trailing subscript with a comma-separated value usually indicates a multidimensional array (e.g. establishing a 2-by-2 square of numbers, or this particular position in such an array), which is in the realms of matrix mathematics. This is a little bit beyond 'everyday algebra' for many people, as seemingly indicated by the exclamation of the mere mention of matrices!
| + | So are they all, all honourable men– |
| − | ;The Physicists Are At It Again
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| − | :This label encompases a mark that turns the prior comma into a semicolon, as part of the trailing subscript. This is a common notation for the {{w|Covariant derivative}} of a tensor field, which is commonly used in the mathematics of general relativity.
| + | Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral. |
| − | ;Either High School Math Function or Incomprehensible Group Theory
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| − | :The number 2 in parentheses that follow a term would normally be the argument to a function, e.g. "f(2)", and is generally taught as part of the algebraic mathematics already described.
| + | He was my friend, faithful and just to me: |
| − | :In group theory, however, the number 2 in parentheses could indicate a cyclic subgroup or ideal generated by two or a special case of cycle notation for elements of symmetry groups used to mean an element that keeps 2 fixed.
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| − | ;Oh no. Whatever this is, it's cursed. | + | But Brutus says he was ambitious; |
| − | :A symbol centered underneath another symbol is normally reserved for doing summations, where the big symbol is Σ, or some other operation applied to a sequence of numbers.
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| − | :It does not make sense to have a single number there, as indicated in the alt text. As with many things in Randall's comic universe, the explanation for this particular anomaly is that it is 'Cursed'.
| + | And Brutus is an honourable man. |
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| | + | He hath brought many captives home to Rome |
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| − | ==Transcript==
| + | Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: |
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| + | Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? |
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| − | [An apparently scientific expression:]
| + | When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: |
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| − | 2 [superscript:] 2 [subscript:] 2 [normal text:] [an empty box] [superscript:] 2 [subscript:] 2;2 [normal text:] (2) [beneath the last 2:] 2
| + | Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: |
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| + | Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; |
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| + | And Brutus is an honourable man. |
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| | + | You all did see that on the Lupercal |
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| | + | I thrice presented him a kingly crown, |
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| | + | Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? |
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| | + | Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; |
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| | + | And, sure, he is an honourable man. |
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| | + | I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, |
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| | + | But here I am to speak what I do know. |
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| | + | You all did love him once, not without cause: |
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| | + | What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him? |
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| | + | O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, |
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| | + | And men have lost their reason. Bear with me; |
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| | + | My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, |
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| | + | And I must pause till it come back to me. |
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it.
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest–
For Brutus is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men–
Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
He hath brought many captives home to Rome
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And, sure, he is an honourable man.
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me.
