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Newton has been drugged by Ethan Allen’s future co-conspirator, and is now being tied up by, well, I guess, Future Rope… After two years of grudging loyalty, will Newton seize his moment to leave behind his fop and chain? And why would anyone hate Frederick for stopping alien invaders? A not-exactly-friendship is put to the test! Take it all in!
– Geoff and The Count
The thing that actually took the longest in drawing this episode was making up Future Math Equations. I wondered, “What’s wrong with current mathematical equations, and how would we fix them, given 700 years or so?” Mainly, I think, it’s a matter of motion. Math is all about movement, but there’s hardly anything more static than the equations of motions written up with standard algebraic form. So, maybe they get a bit of a Feynman touch to express visually the twists and turns that the terms are being put through.
I’m also looking forward to the day when there has been enough reunification and simplification to allow teachers to never have to say a sentence that begins with, “Well, according to the TOPOLOGICAL definition, maybe, but…”
– Count Dolby von Luckner
Some reasons why Newton Might Just Turn on Frederick:
Frederick Abducted Him
Frederick Refused to Unabduct Him
Most of the mathematical heavy lifting in this comic was delegated to The Count. A man more eminently qualified to discuss such matters than I.
As a “computer scientist”, most of my knowledge of math in the non-discrete realms has gotten fairly rusty after years of neglect. However, I’d like to think that given a pressing need, and sufficient time with a calculus textbook, I could pick it up again. And I could always call The Count if I got really stuck on the chain rule or something.
–Geoff
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All around the 28th century, Frederick is revered as a hero, it seems. Ah, but we know better! For there are those who resent the arrival of the Monarch in Blue, and those close to his heart with ears to hear them… A friendship tested! Will this be the episode of treachery most foul, or faithfulness incarnate? Ressentiment is in the air, friends… get a whiff over at Episode 187: The Powerful Allure of Calculus, while the whiffing is good!
– Geoff and The Count
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