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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I just checked and every single textbook I own that contains a reference to this transformation uses an image of a sheep. Sadly all of my textbooks are in English. If I had any relevant texts in German or Spanish I doubt that they would makes this connection.

On an less relevant note one of the books introduces the idea of change of basis with a joke about labeling axes and has several different types of ax with corresponding labels attached and I find that to be a much worse joke.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In English the tool for chopping down trees is spelled axe. Just letting you know since you're multilingual and I assume English isn't your first language.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

English is my first language. Ax and axe are used interchangeably. They're both correct.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I guess because it’s absurd you’ll remember it easier.

Kind of how people can recall a deck of cards by placing a person doing an action to an object (PAO) in familiar places. It’s the absurdity that makes you remember.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://xkcd.com/936/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

The reason it's easier to remember for humans is a double edged sword. If you accidentally type in text fields which don't mask input, it's easier to memorize for someone paying attention.