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etotheipi said:$$2x = \frac{d}{dx}(x^2) = \frac{d}{dx} (\underbrace{x + \dots + x}_{x \, \mathrm{times}}) = \underbrace{1 + \dots + 1}_{x \, \mathrm{times}} = x$$Hence, ##2=1##.
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Judge: Excellent point, Mr Pi. So you will find it no greater hardship that I have doubled the fine.etotheipi said:
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Corollary: All numbers are equal.etotheipi said:$$2x = \frac{d}{dx}(x^2) = \frac{d}{dx} (\underbrace{x + \dots + x}_{x \, \mathrm{times}}) = \underbrace{1 + \dots + 1}_{x \, \mathrm{times}} = x$$Hence, ##2=1##.
Proof: $$\begin{align*}
2 &= 1 \\
\implies 2(b-a) &= b-a \\
\implies b-a &= 0 \\
\implies a &= b \\
\end{align*}$$
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If all numbers are equal then the Riemann hypothesis is both true and false.
* Every point is a root as every function value is equal to zero.
* There is no root outside the critical strip as every point of the domain is equal to the critical strip.
This might sound like a contradiction, but it just extends the original point by showing that also true=false.
* Every point is a root as every function value is equal to zero.
* There is no root outside the critical strip as every point of the domain is equal to the critical strip.
This might sound like a contradiction, but it just extends the original point by showing that also true=false.
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DrGreg said:
One cannot cancel a zero factor
since c=a+b => a+b-c=0
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A passenger jet takes off from Warsaw. Suddenly both pilot and copilot suffer heart attacks. The stewardess panics and announces to the passengers, "Is there a doctor on board?" A man stands and says, "I know some first aid." She rushes him to the pilot's cabin where he discovers both pilot and copilot have died. She desperately cries, "You have to land the plane!" The man looks around and says, "I can't do that! I'm just a simple Pole on a complex plane."
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It wouldn't help anyway. There is no path that leaves the complex plane!
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Lie algebras? Now I've heard everything. We only studied truth algebras.
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That's a real bad one, especially as Lie is pronounced Lee.Ivan Seeking said:
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fresh_42 said:
Lie! Lie! Lie! And the thread didn't ask for good math jokes.
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Yes, but it took me quite a while to understand it at all. I read Lee algebras and didn't get the pun.Ivan Seeking said:
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I probably told it before, but it is a really bad one:
A professor held his lectures and there were only three students in the auditorium. To make it even worse, after fifteen minutes five of them stood up and left the room. "D...", thought the professor, "I hope there will be coming another two so I can leave as well."
A professor held his lectures and there were only three students in the auditorium. To make it even worse, after fifteen minutes five of them stood up and left the room. "D...", thought the professor, "I hope there will be coming another two so I can leave as well."
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fresh_42 said:
Yes, and it works both ways. A few of my best puns don't work in text.
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There's a similar joke (don't try to analyse this too much, it's full of logical holes):fresh_42 said:
A biologist, a physicist and a mathematician are in a coffee shop watching another shop across the street. For a long time nothing happens, then two people enter the other shop and shortly after three people leave. They ask each other, how is it possible for two to enter and three to leave?
The biologist says it's an example of reproduction.
The physicist says it's experimental error.
The mathematician says, if another person enters the shop there'll be nobody in there.
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My favorite of all times remains:
Let ##\varepsilon <0.##
Let ##\varepsilon <0.##
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So is that from a Deceptive Calculus based on one of those Lying Algebras?fresh_42 said:
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Maybe a leftover from a poolean algebra.Ivan Seeking said:
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Imagine a joke involving a distance ##t## and a time ##r## !
Schwartzschild coordinates inside the event horizon.
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Guy is flying over the Grand Canyon sitting next to an accountant. Looks over to the accountant and says ‘that sure is impressive’.
Accountant says ‘yes, it’s one hundred million and three years old’
Guy says ‘hundred million and three? How do you know that?’
Accountant says ‘three years ago I was on this same flight sitting next to a geologist and he told me’
Accountant says ‘yes, it’s one hundred million and three years old’
Guy says ‘hundred million and three? How do you know that?’
Accountant says ‘three years ago I was on this same flight sitting next to a geologist and he told me’
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Nice joke, but you really meant to say "one hundred million and three", not "one hundred and three million".BWV said:
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flnow, order the factors by alphabet.
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log(
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It's fitting how all the logs make a campfire.Keith_McClary said:
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versus row(row(row(the_boat))) =gently(down(the_stream))
In APL the had a ##\rho## operator for array shape:
##\rho\rho\rho##BOAT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_syntax_and_symbols
In APL the had a ##\rho## operator for array shape:
##\rho\rho\rho##BOAT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_syntax_and_symbols