Isofarro on Hilariously fast volume computation with the divergence theorem (2018)

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I'm sorry, English is my first language. What does "Hilariously" mean in this context? Or is there a maths specific meaning/interpretation?

MarkusQ 14d

It's an intensifier. As a native English speaker you should probably be aware that we eventually sand-blast the semantics off of words until they all becomes synonyms for "good", "bad", "very", or "um". (This is similar to what French does to phonemes, but unrelated.)

hallgrim 14d

The author is just expressing amusement at the surprising simplicity of the resulting algorithm

Joker_vD 14d

    Adverb
        hilariously (comparative more hilariously, superlative most hilariously)

        1. In a hilarious manner; so as to amuse greatly.

The author was greatly amused how quick the resulting algorithm works.

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