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[DC] So what exactly IS the Anti-Life Equation? Is it knowledge? Is it an object?

In some continuities it seems to be something that you can give to someone and something that someone holds, but in how its described it seems to be more like something that you just know.
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It has been portrayed in different ways but generally it is just an mathematical equation outlines the truth and proves the futility of life.  Which gives you full control over any sentient being.  

As to why it is depicted differently and often not at all like how we would write an equation, is because of our limited human perception.  This isn't  just a formula like 2+2=4, but gives absolute truth all know universes and beyond.  

The New Gods live outside of the universe we are familiar with.  There is only one true Darkseid that sends Avatars to interact with the 52 known universes.  In his true form he is more powerful and somewhat beyond human understanding.  And just as Darkseid is a being beyond our understanding the equation is beyond our understanding.  Just as new mathematics had to be invented to describe the movements of heaven, mathematics we haven't even dreamed of are required to understand the Anti-Life Equation.  And it can't just be written like a formula we are used to, it has to be represented differently.