Post B2EftTNqVLmc0LLqjY by llewelly@sauropods.win
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(DIR) Post #B2E1oE2w6XRkp3VwHY by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-13T00:23:23Z
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Ants are the graph theory of biology.
(DIR) Post #B2E24vElI2svPS0UuO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-13T00:26:26Z
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* Anyone can understand some of the big questions in graph theory * People think graph theory is "great for kids" for some reason (yeah if you want them to be obsessed with unproved theorems for their whole life)* It's very easy to get very deep in graph theory and VERY lost. Easy to state problems with no solutions* You just know it's all CONNECTED and it's going to drive you nuts forever
(DIR) Post #B2E2ZuYhrVGOHb73CK by davidnjoku@mastodon.world
2026-01-13T00:31:59Z
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@futurebird brb, I'm off to google graph theory.
(DIR) Post #B2E2gWhkwu7KKOV4E4 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-13T00:33:14Z
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The "math most likely to make you mad" is continuum theory. But the math that will most reliably lead to a being fixated on it?Graph Theory.
(DIR) Post #B2E2iS72ze3UfIFRfU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-13T00:33:29Z
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@apLundell every child is a node
(DIR) Post #B2E30znIVNZEL3quXo by photovotary@beige.party
2026-01-13T00:36:53Z
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@futurebird I wasn't taught graph theory but it sounds like something that I would not have enjoyed at all. One of the merits of math was that you were supposed to be able to get to a correct answer. Such a beautiful aspect that is so rare in life.
(DIR) Post #B2E35nKYGvdj8ChA6y by mhoye@mastodon.social
2026-01-13T00:37:45Z
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@futurebird graph theory and primes are absolutely gateway drugs
(DIR) Post #B2E39Gz4Tenhy8J3cO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-13T00:38:25Z
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@photovotary It's still math. There are still right answers. Especially for the combinatorics problems you do as you build up to some of the theorems. It's just a lot of theorems are easy to state, sound reasonable but hard or unproven.
(DIR) Post #B2E3FZtx3W1yNTuzQG by photovotary@beige.party
2026-01-13T00:39:32Z
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@futurebird Oh, I see. I misunderstood what you meant. Thanks.
(DIR) Post #B2E3qha1TBtiuIIZxQ by yonkeltron@jawns.club
2026-01-13T00:46:14Z
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@futurebird Yes! Graph Theory is such a darling of beauty and frustration.
(DIR) Post #B2EFJOS4lY0LTYSuY4 by orman@furry.engineer
2026-01-13T02:54:39Z
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@futurebird I saw a video recently talking about how there is only one infinite random graph and had my mind blown, I can see it driving people mad
(DIR) Post #B2EG9EqJjl68jSWeY4 by shovemedia@triangletoot.party
2026-01-13T03:00:48Z
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@orman @futurebird *knowing I may regret this, and yet* Imma need that link
(DIR) Post #B2EG9G98tFkam8LCWu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-13T03:04:02Z
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@shovemedia @orman I will add it to #fediverseTV
(DIR) Post #B2EGTXavjBrigK0drE by orman@furry.engineer
2026-01-13T03:07:34Z
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@futurebird @shovemedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNWl-0rle4A
(DIR) Post #B2EGf0jLk442EKPuC0 by paco@infosec.exchange
2026-01-13T03:09:48Z
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@futurebird I learned a tiny bit of queueing theory and that’s the one I can’t get out of my head. I see it everywhere, of course. Traffic. The grocery store. The airport. Restaurants. I know enough to say “I bet there’s some queuing theory principle that explains this” but not enough to know more than that. 😀
(DIR) Post #B2EftTNqVLmc0LLqjY by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-13T07:52:32Z
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@futurebird for a quarter of a century I thought cladistics was the graph theory of biology!
(DIR) Post #B2FmEqZGINl6sCE5I0 by BernieDoesIt@mstdn.social
2026-01-13T20:38:18Z
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@futurebird @faithisleaping Ants are the nodes and trails are the edges.
(DIR) Post #B2Fmba83a3nKY8LGds by hosford42@techhub.social
2026-01-13T20:42:27Z
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@futurebird "It takes a subgraph..."@apLundell
(DIR) Post #B2Fs2xc4sHK8ySG5wW by hosford42@techhub.social
2026-01-13T21:09:08Z
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@bob Ahhh, okay, I was looking from the wrong perspective. I was trying to look from local relationships in the graph, not at the graph as a whole. Thanks!@futurebird
(DIR) Post #B2Fs2yzVkdf9FQEK6i by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-13T21:43:25Z
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@hosford42 @bob "Ahhh, okay, I was looking from the wrong perspective."user icon checks out.
(DIR) Post #B2HRgc91nvp3WmH5c0 by hosford42@techhub.social
2026-01-14T15:57:28Z
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@futurebird :D@bob