How big is the discworld?

By: Julia on Aleph-Zero-Heroes

Re-posted from: https://aleph-zero-heroes.netlify.com/posts/pratchett_discworld/

Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it.
Terry Pratchett Intro Way back when I was doing my undergrad degree, I was lucky enough that most of it made sense, usually straight away. A lot of math is just learning what the weird notation means. It’s like learning a new language – you need a bunch of vocabulary.
Not everything was easy though, and one result that sent me into a spin was Green’s Theorem.