Presented as abstract math, I hate it. Given as “potential savings in concrete usage to construct roads,” I don’t particularly care. Given as “the movement and time for a robotic drill to travel around a circuit board to punch discrete holes,” I’m starting to be mildly intrigued. Given that it can be any or all of these together and at once, I’m on (circuit)board. The practical applications of this abstract equation have expand out before me. Is this the moment when I realize math is actually super cool?

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