Recent content by WWGD

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    I've been reused but not credited

    And you've done your sentence but committed no crime.
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    Random Thoughts 7

    I thought this was funny: I was interviewing for a position, and the HR was paying attention, staring directly at me, to a degree that his level of focus was almost scary. Then,a few minutes latter, he stops suddenly, and utters "Hypocondriac. Hypochondriac, that's the word! "
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    Random Thoughts 7

    Or one who gained weight: The medium is a large.Or one who escaped: The medium is at large.
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    Random Thoughts 7

    Ok, re the FIFA World Cup,Congo, "Dr Congo" as "Democratic Republic of Congo" , makes more sense than "Doctor Congo"
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    Other Collection of Free Online Math Books and Lecture Notes (part 1)

    It seems @MidgetDwarf would be interested in " Short Calculus " ; ).
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    How best to learn? How to get 100%?

    Well, engage with the problem in different ways. Algorithm -wise, read ahead of the class. You will likely have to engage with the problem a few times, and you will break it down further each time Edit: you read it, until you've broken it down enough to absorb it fully. Somewhat similar to the...
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    Ymmv.
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    Recent issue with programmers confusing Halloween and Christmas: Oct 31= Dec 25.
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    New Uber rep in Russia: Pikap Andropov.
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    Or the famous one on Bill Clinton asking the Buddhist hot dog vendor : " Make me one with Everything".
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    What does "compute Aut(G)" mean?

    What is ##G^+##? Maybe a connected component?
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    Dino might.
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    McDonald's unveiled a new product in Spain, the Mc Arena. It's full of alegría y cosa buena.
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    Graduate Knots In 4D

    And by Schoenflies' Theorem shows there are no ##S^1## knots in ## \mathbb R^2##. Edit: Alexander 's Horned Sphere shows that Schoenflies doesn't extend to ##\mathbb R^3##. I think there aren't higher dimensional extensions of it. Maybe @mathwonk can add in.
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    Graduate Knots In 4D

    I think they're referring to ##S^1## knots, which can be unknoted in 4D, but, IIRC, surfaces are knotted if there are at least 2 nonisotopic embedding of said surfaces in 4D.