# What are the various formulae in this tattoo?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 8, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-various-formulae-in-this-tattoo/566819 "2011-01-08T01:20:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-various-formulae-in-this-tattoo/566819/21 "2011-01-10T06:33:42Z")

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The tattoo in the OP is the math equivalent of foreign word tattoos on canvases whose owners neither speak nor understand the language. I’d say in this case the owner wants to look edumacated. Love the Rubik’s cube.

The theme is: “Smartness is Me”

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