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Stumbleupon Review THE STORY OF BABEL: In the beginning there was only one kind of Mathematician, created by the Great Mathamatical Spirit form the Book: the Topologist. And they grew to large numbers and prospered. One day they looked up … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review The great logician Betrand Russell (or was it A.N. Whitehead?) once claimed that he could prove anything if given that 1+1=1. So one day, some smarty-pants asked him, “Ok. Prove that you’re the Pope.” He thought for a … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review Three men are in a hot-air balloon. Soon, they find themselves lost in a canyon somewhere. One of the three men says, “I’ve got an idea. We can call for help in this canyon and the echo will … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review Here’s a limerick I picked up off the net a few years back – looks better on paper. 3^(1/3) / | 2 3 x 3.14 3_ | z dz x cos( ———-) = ln (\/e ) | 9 … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review There was a mad scientist ( a mad …social… scientist ) who kidnapped three colleagues, an engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician, and locked each of them in seperate cells with plenty of canned food and water but … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review Moebius always does it on the same side. Heisenberg might have slept here.

Stumbleupon Review “Algebraic symbols are used when you do not know what you are talking about.”

Stumbleupon Review Q: Why did the mathematician name his dog “Cauchy”? A: Because he left a residue at every pole. Q: Why is it that the more accuracy you demand from an interpolation function, the more expensive it becomes to … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review Q: What’s purple and commutes? A: An abelian grape. Q: What’s yellow, and equivalent to the Axiom of Choice? A: Zorn’s Lemon.