Category Archives: Humour

Q: What’s purple and

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.

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Lightbulb Jokes

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.scg.uwaterloo.ca/~hchcheng/lightbulb.html How many mathematicians does it take to replace a lightbulb (1)? Ten: One to do it and eight to watch. How many mathematicians does it take to replace a lightbulb (2)? One: He gives it … Continue reading

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Commonly Used Math Terms

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.scg.uwaterloo.ca/~hchcheng/mathterms.html The following is a guide to the weary student of mathematics who is often confronted with terms which are commonly used but rarely defined. In the search for proper definitions for these terms we found … Continue reading

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Doin’ it : Q – T

Stumbleupon Review Doin’ it : Q – T Quantum physicists 1. Quantum physicists can either know how fast they do it, or where they do it, but not both. 2. Quantum physicists can either know when they do it, or … Continue reading

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Doin’ it : M – P

Stumbleupon Review Doin’ it : M – P Markov 1. Markov does it in chains. Mathematical physicists 1. Mathematical physicists understand the theory of how to do it, but have difficulty obtaining practical results. Mathematicians 1. Mathematicians do it associatively. … Continue reading

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Doin’ it : G – L

Stumbleupon Review Doin’ it : G – L Galois 1. Galois did it the night before. Galois theorists 1. Galois theorists do it in a field. Game theorists 1. Game theorists do it by dominance or saddle points. 2. Game … Continue reading

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Doin’ it : C – F

Stumbleupon Review Doin’ it : C – F Cantor 1. Cantor did it until he was crazy. Catastrophe theorists 1. Catastrophe theorists do it falling off part of a sheet. Chaoticians 1. Chaoticians do it with sensitive dependence. Class field … Continue reading

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How They Do It

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.scg.uwaterloo.ca/~hchcheng/do-it.html Doin’ it : A – B Aerodynamicists 1. Aerodynamicists do it in drag. Algebraic geometers 1. Algebraic geometers do it for variety. 2. Algebraic geometers do it on the cubic three-fold. Algebraists 1. Algebraists do … Continue reading

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Problem: To Catch a Lion in

Stumbleupon Review Problem: To Catch a Lion in the Sahara Desert. 4 Contributions from Computer Science 4.1 The search method We assume that the lion is most likely to be found in the direction to the north of the point … Continue reading

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Problem: To Catch a Lion in

Stumbleupon Review Problem: To Catch a Lion in the Sahara Desert. 3 Experimental Physics Methods 3.1 The thermodynamics method We construct a semi-permeable membrane which lets everything but lions pass through. This we drag across the desert. 3.2 The atomic … Continue reading

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