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Published: 2014-02-15 06:28:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 40465; Favourites: 774; Downloads: 444
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Cheerilee gets a special message.Kudos if you get the math bit, though haven't done any predicate logic in about two years so help me out if I've gotten something wrong.
Wasn't planning on doing a comic today.
Happy Valentine's Day, to those of you to which the greeting still applies! (And everyone else too because why leave anyone out.)
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As a graduate of mathematics, that chalk board was half the fun of this comic. I miss doing that stuff.
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That is correct.
I'm a mathematician too, and I managed to infer that D_p denotes the set of all ponies, without looking at the blackboard.
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[ (X)L, (X)R, (X)*; #-/<3Β + ]Β (There are no lefts, rights, outs or ins; where logic ends, love begins)
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Thank you! I hate missing out on little things like that, so thanks for the translation
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Those days when I suddenly wish I payed attention in math class...
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Aww....
Thank you, Apple Bloom, please give my thanks to your big brother, ok?
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Oh man logic. I've only taken sentential logic so far and it was pretty fun. I might take predicate come fall.
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I feel like the math bit is most of the comic. If someone doesn't get it, they're really missing out.
You did the math right.
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Diamond Tiara's letter is the opening to Mein Kampf...
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All conditions as negate any positive conditions are just pure BS and may be dismissed as such. Β This is a given.
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What are they even doing? Calculating the love found on Valentine's day?Β
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"Scootaloo can't fly. She's too chicken" written on the wall. Love it!
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Oddly enough didn't the Hearts and Hooves day thing happen 2 years ago
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I love the logic in the background. I'm in a course right now. 
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Most clever use of predicate logic in a pony comic I've ever seen!
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I love that math bit! I'm a bit of a math nerd. I admit I'm not much into proofs, though. I hated them in HS, but I do like number theory and calculus.
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If no one else is going to, I'll give you props for your characterization of Diamond Tiara through her paper's text. I find it... Quite appropriate for her. ^_^
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Loving the logic here: making all that study feel worth it!
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Screw boring old calculus. Discrete math is where it's at.
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THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS!
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Awesome comic! I read another comment about how good the colors were and I noticed just how VIBRANT they are! Keep it up
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Great comic, I love it 
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...Is that Soarin' and Dash on the calendar? Correct me if I'm wrong.
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I got what the equation meant before reading the blackboard.
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You have gotta be kidding me? That's Diamond Tiara writing out Mein Kampf!
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The Jewnicorns are guilty of the biggest crimes in history
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It seems to be. Diamond Tiara is the new fuhrer.Β
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Eeyup, I noticed that too.Β It seems to have almost been lost with all the crazy maths stuff (which I have no clue about).
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Wow, you used such rich colours for your comic, it's looks very beautiful! Keep up the awesome work! ^_^Β
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This unintentionally sorta ties into "Fillie Vanilli".
Good for you.
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I love this comic, but as a mathematician I have to say... that I LOVE LOVE LOVE this comic! 
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There's a reason Cheerilee's frowning at Tirara's essay...Β Β
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Put more simply, Love is a [left total](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relation⦠[relation](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relation⦠. It would be nice if L(x,y) were [one-to-one](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijectio⦠, but it's not defined to be. This allows for a few interesting situations to occur:
Corollary 1: Polyamory Β
L(x,y) is not necessarily a [function](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functionβ¦ \(mathematics\)). Β
It's possible for a pony to love more than one pony.
Corollary 2: The unloved Β
L(x,y) is not necessarily [surjective](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surjectiβ¦ . Β
It's possible for somepony to be unloved - E.g. "Everypony loves only Rainbow Dash" means that most ponies go unloved.
Corollary 3: Unrequited love Β
L(x,y) is not necessarily [symmetric](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetriβ¦ . Β
Loving somepony doesn't mean that they love you back.
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The equation on the envelope, however, states the converse. L(x, y) is still not one-to-one, so corollaries 1 and 3 still hold, but now L(x, y) is surjective. In other words, the romantic message on the envelope augments the assertion on the board that "everypony loves somepony" with "nopony is unloved", and in particular, "you are loved".
Which is adorable.
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You're confusing me with your fancy mathematics.
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I love the juxtaposition between the complex equation and the simple valentine. Β We all have our own way of saying "I love you".
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As adorable as this comic is, I can't stop laughing at Diamond Tiara's letter. Β If only the text wasn't so tiny and hard to read, but I'm pretty sure I know what the rest of it says anyway...
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It seems to be the opening lines of "Mein Kampf". Snerk.
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I can't comprehend anything more complicated than basic algebra.Β You start throwing around turn-A symbols and phrases like "predicate logic" and you may as well be speaking Martian to me.
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