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Q: What quantity is
Stumbleupon Review Q: What quantity is represented by this ? /\ /\ /\ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ /______\ /______\ /______\ … Continue reading
My geometry teacher was
Stumbleupon Review My geometry teacher was sometimes acute, and sometimes obtuse, but always, he was right.
Q: What’s the title of this
Stumbleupon Review Q: What’s the title of this picture ? .. .. ____ .. .. \\===/======\\== || | | || || |____| || || ( ) || || \____/ || || || || || || || || || || || … Continue reading
Several students were asked
Stumbleupon Review Several students were asked the following problem: Prove that all odd integers are prime. Well, the first student to try to do this was a math student. Hey says “hmmm… Well, 1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 … Continue reading
Ya’ hear about the geometer
Stumbleupon Review Ya’ hear about the geometer who went to the beach to catch the rays and became a tangent ?
Lemma: All horses are the
Stumbleupon Review Lemma: All horses are the same color. Proof (by induction): Case n=1: In a set with only one horse, it is obvious that all horses in that set are the same color. Case n=k: Suppose you have a … Continue reading
The ark lands after The
Stumbleupon Review The ark lands after The Flood. Noah lets all the animals out. Says, “Go and multiply.” Several months pass. Noah decides to check up on the animals. All are doing fine except a pair of snakes. “What’s the … Continue reading
What is “pi
Stumbleupon Review What is “pi”? Mathematician: Pi is the number expressing the relationship between the circumference of a circle and its diameter. Physicist: Pi is 3.1415927 plus or minus 0.000000005 Engineer: Pi is about 3.
THE STORY OF BABEL
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
The great logician Betrand
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