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Monthly Archives: February 2006
Two male mathematicians are
Stumbleupon Review Two male mathematicians are in a bar. The first one says to the second that the average person knows very little about basic mathematics. The second one disagrees, and claims that most people can cope with a reasonable … Continue reading
The limit as n goes to
Stumbleupon Review The limit as n goes to infinity of sin(x)/n is 6. Proof: cancel the n in the numerator and denominator.
Definition
Stumbleupon Review Definition: Jogging girl scout = Brownian motion.
Philosopher
Stumbleupon Review Philosopher: “Resolution of the continuum hypothesis will have profound implications to all of science.” Physicist: “Not quite. Physics is well on its way without those mythical ‘foundations’. Just give us serviceable mathematics.” Computer Scientist: “Who cares? Everything in … Continue reading
What’s nonorientable and
Stumbleupon Review What’s nonorientable and lives in the sea? Mobius Dick.
During a class of calculus
Stumbleupon Review During a class of calculus my lecturer suddenly checked himself and stared intently at the table in front of him for a while. Then he looked up at us and explained that he thought he had brought six … Continue reading
An assemblage of the most
Stumbleupon Review An assemblage of the most gifted minds in the world were all posed the following question: “What is 2 * 2 ?” The engineer whips out his slide rule (so it’s old) and shuffles it back and forth, … Continue reading
Hiawatha
Stumbleupon Review Hiawatha Designs an Experiment Hiawatha, mighty hunter, He could shoot ten arrows upward, Shoot them with such strength and swiftness That the last had left the bow-string Ere the first to earth descended. This was commonly regarded As … Continue reading
A bunch of Polish scientists
Stumbleupon Review A bunch of Polish scientists decided to flee their repressive government by hijacking an airliner and forcing the pilot to fly them to a western country. They drove to the airport, forced their way on board a large … Continue reading
Theorem : All positive
Stumbleupon Review Theorem : All positive integers are equal. Proof: Sufficient to show that for any two positive integers, A and B, A = B. Further, it is sufficient to show that for all N > 0, if A and … Continue reading