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What's the story with log(1 + 2 + 3)?

2019-06-14

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This is my deep dive into the log(1 + 2 + 3) = log(1) + log(2) + log(3) log troll meme. I'm not going to link to any of the online discussions incase I accidentally encourage brigading. If you want to join in constructively, you can google them.

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https://think-maths.co.uk/standupmaths-videos?yt-logs-meme#logs-meme

CORRECTIONS

- I mis-spoke and said "two" instead of "four" and "one" instead of "zero" but tried to fix both with titles in the edit. Sorry I did not have time to re-film it!

- Yes, my camera autofocus is annoying. I swear it has broken somehow; I thought I'd set it up right this time. I think Jane Street might have to get me a new camera.

- Let me know if you spot anything else!

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