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How and why to take a logarithm of an image [video...
The punchline is that you can fill in the centre of Escher's piece by using complex analysis, and it produces a very satisfying, "obviously correct", solution.
But, as with all jokes, the punchline isn't funny at all without the setup.
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ant6n
5 days ago
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The joke is that if you fill in the center, it shows the Droste effect of the image and kind of diminishes the magic of it.
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But, as with all jokes, the punchline isn't funny at all without the setup.