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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by THE EULER BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | + | In this comic, [[Cueball]] is showing an off-screen person a {{w|Venn diagram}} he made about something. The off-screen person then informs Cueball that it is in fact an {{W|Euler diagram}}, not a Venn diagram (which is true). Cueball then proceeds to complain that {{w|List of things named after Leonhard Euler|many things}} are named for {{w|Leonhard Euler}} (specifically {{w|Euler's constant}} and {{w|Euler's function}}) and wants to call the diagram a Venn diagram to give {{w|John Venn}} more credit. His off-screen friend refuses, and mockingly states that numbers are now called "Euler letters", which is currently false.{{citation needed}} Modern {{w|Arabic numerals}} predate Euler by at least a century, and other numerals existed before that. | |
− | A Venn diagram is a widely used diagram style that shows the logical relation between sets. It shows overlap of items in different categories (sets) by using overlapping circles (or other shapes) to stand in for categories. If an item is within a certain circle, it is in the category the circle represents. So in a Venn diagram of "animals" and " | + | A Venn diagram is "a widely used diagram style that shows the logical relation between sets". It shows overlap of items in different categories (sets) by using overlapping circles (or other shapes) to stand in for categories. If an item is within a certain circle, it is in the category the circle represents. So in a Venn diagram of "animals" and "fuzzy things", "cat" would be in the overlap between both circles, "frog" would be inside only "animals", and "kiwifruit" would only be in "fuzzy things". "Crystals" would be outside both |
circles. | circles. | ||
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+ | {{w|John Venn}} was not the first to invent the idea of drawing regions whose overlap shows the intersection of sets -- that was popularized by Euler (although he may not have been the first to do it) and was known as {{w|Euler Diagram}}s. Venn's innovation, roughly 100 years later, was to consistently draw ALL intersections of sets, even those intersections that had no members. In a Venn diagram, all 'circles' must overlap with all other circles, even if there are no items in the overlap. This is easy enough for 2 and 3 sets, but as the number of sets increases the diagrams can get [https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22159-logic-blooms-with-new-11-set-venn-diagram/ rather complicated] ([https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/tctianchi/pyvenn/venn6.png Example]), and the sets can start looking very non-circular. An Euler diagram is required to depict only the non-empty combinations/sets, and therefore does not have this constraint. The diagram in the comic does not have any overlap between the left and right sections so, while it is an Euler diagram, it is not a Venn diagram. | ||
[[File:Euler Diagrams title text.png|300px|thumb|right|The title text as a Venn (and, simultaneously, an Euler) diagram]] | [[File:Euler Diagrams title text.png|300px|thumb|right|The title text as a Venn (and, simultaneously, an Euler) diagram]] | ||
− | + | The title text is an example of a "written" Venn diagram, with Leonhard Euler creating "most of math", John Venn creating a {{w|cricket}} bowling machine, and both of them having created overlapping circle diagrams. | |
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− | The title text is an example of a "written" Venn diagram, with Leonhard Euler creating " | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball is standing in front of a whiteboard | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br> |
− | : | + | :[Cueball is standing in front of a whiteboard, evidently giving a talk. The title "Venn Diagram of" is visible, along with three partially overlapping circles and various illegible text.] |
− | + | :Offscreen voice: Actually, that's an ''Euler'' diagram, because- | |
− | + | :Cueball (palms upraised pleadingly): Come '''''onnnn.''''' | |
− | :Cueball: Come '''''onnnn.''''' | ||
:Cueball: '''''Everything''''' is named after Euler. Euler's constant, Euler's function. | :Cueball: '''''Everything''''' is named after Euler. Euler's constant, Euler's function. | ||
:Cueball: Can't we let John Venn have this? | :Cueball: Can't we let John Venn have this? | ||
− | : | + | :Offscreen voice: No. |
− | : | + | :Offscreen voice: Also, numbers are now "Euler letters." |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Math]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Euler diagrams]] | ||
[[Category:Venn diagrams]] | [[Category:Venn diagrams]] | ||
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[[Category:Sport]] <!-- Cricket --> | [[Category:Sport]] <!-- Cricket --> |