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sad but true
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After publication I simplified a couple of my papers so they were trivial. They might not have been publishable in that form but if they were they might be in undergrad textbooks.Demystifier said:
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Silly undergrads, they were wearing shirts that said:
"Just Say
N2O
to Drugs!"
And thought it would fly in the Chem Class.
"Just Say
N2O
to Drugs!"
And thought it would fly in the Chem Class.
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Seen on a tshirt yesterday:$$\sqrt{-1}\ 2^3\sum\pi$$
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I first thought that you wrote "Chern Class" and coudn't figure out how is it related to algebraic topology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chern_classSteelwolf said:
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Is that Mileva?davenn said:
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Just say ##\aleph_0## to countable infinities.Demystifier said:
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Better:
Child: I want it!
Me: No.
Child: But I want it!
Me: No.
Child: But I waaannnt it!
Me: How many times do I have to say it? ##\aleph_0##.
Child: I want it!
Me: No.
Child: But I want it!
Me: No.
Child: But I waaannnt it!
Me: How many times do I have to say it? ##\aleph_0##.
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Or maybe it's not ##\aleph_0## but ##\omega##. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinal_numberIbix said:
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They would think it reads ##18.84##!berkeman said:That only works for Physicists and Mathematicians. Engineers would figure you didn't know how to spell...
##\sqrt{-1}## is a positive root, ergo ##1##.
##2^3 \approx 2\cdot 3 = 6##.
##\sum \pi \approx 3.14##
Edit: I was a bit unfair to engineers. In fact it is ##2^3\approx 1+2*3## (Bernoulli).
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It took me a few moments to get "MHO". 
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berkeman said:Ibix said:
That only works for Physicists and Mathematicians. Engineers would figure you didn't know how to spell...
'Works fine for engineers if your name is Jay.
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Promising young physicist at primary school:
\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline \cdot & 1_1 & 2_1 & 3_1 & 4_1 &5_1&6_1&7_1&8_1&9_1&10_1 \\
\hline 1^1 &\langle 1|1 \rangle & \langle 1|2 \rangle &\langle 1|3 \rangle &\langle 1|4 \rangle &\langle 1|5 \rangle &\langle 1|6 \rangle &\langle 1|7 \rangle &\langle 1|8 \rangle &\langle 1|9 \rangle & \langle 1|10 \rangle \\
\hline 2^1 &\langle 2|1 \rangle & \langle 2|2 \rangle &\langle 2|3 \rangle &\langle 2|4 \rangle &\langle 2|5 \rangle &\langle 2|6 \rangle &\langle 2|7 \rangle &\langle 2|8 \rangle &\langle 2|9 \rangle & \langle 2|10 \rangle \\
\hline 3^1 &\langle 3|1 \rangle & \langle 3|2 \rangle &\langle 3|3 \rangle &\langle 3|4 \rangle &\langle 3|5 \rangle &\langle 3|6 \rangle &\langle 3|7 \rangle &\langle 3|8 \rangle &\langle 3|9 \rangle & \langle 3|10 \rangle \\
\hline 4^1 &\langle 4|1 \rangle & \langle 4|2 \rangle &\langle 4|3 \rangle &\langle 4|4 \rangle &\langle 4|5 \rangle &\langle 4|6 \rangle &\langle 4|7 \rangle &\langle 4|8 \rangle &\langle 4|9 \rangle & \langle 4|10 \rangle \\
\hline 5^1 &\langle 5|1 \rangle & \langle 5|2 \rangle &\langle 5|3 \rangle &\langle 5|4 \rangle &\langle 5|5 \rangle &\langle 5|6 \rangle &\langle 5|7 \rangle &\langle 5|8 \rangle &\langle 5|9 \rangle & \langle 5|10 \rangle \\
\hline 6^1 &\langle 6|1 \rangle & \langle 6|2 \rangle &\langle 6|3 \rangle &\langle 6|4 \rangle &\langle 6|5 \rangle &\langle 6|6 \rangle &\langle 6|7 \rangle &\langle 6|8 \rangle &\langle 6|9 \rangle & \langle 6|10 \rangle \\
\hline 7^1 &\langle 7|1 \rangle & \langle 7|2 \rangle &\langle 7|3 \rangle &\langle 7|4 \rangle &\langle 7|5 \rangle &\langle 7|6 \rangle &\langle 7|7 \rangle &\langle 7|8 \rangle &\langle 7|9 \rangle & \langle 7|10 \rangle \\
\hline 8^1 &\langle 8|1 \rangle & \langle 8|2 \rangle &\langle 8|3 \rangle &\langle 8|4 \rangle &\langle 8|5 \rangle &\langle 8|6 \rangle &\langle 8|7 \rangle &\langle 8|8 \rangle &\langle 8|9 \rangle & \langle 8|10 \rangle \\
\hline 9^1 &\langle 9|1 \rangle & \langle 9|2 \rangle &\langle 9|3 \rangle &\langle 9|4 \rangle &\langle 9|5 \rangle &\langle 9|6 \rangle &\langle 9|7 \rangle &\langle 9|8 \rangle &\langle 9|9 \rangle & \langle 9|10 \rangle \\
\hline 10^1 &\langle 10|1 \rangle & \langle 10|2 \rangle &\langle 10|3 \rangle &\langle 10|4 \rangle &\langle 10|5 \rangle &\langle 10|6 \rangle &\langle 10|7 \rangle &\langle 10|8 \rangle &\langle 10|9 \rangle & \langle 10|10 \rangle \\
\hline
\end{array}
\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline \cdot & 1_1 & 2_1 & 3_1 & 4_1 &5_1&6_1&7_1&8_1&9_1&10_1 \\
\hline 1^1 &\langle 1|1 \rangle & \langle 1|2 \rangle &\langle 1|3 \rangle &\langle 1|4 \rangle &\langle 1|5 \rangle &\langle 1|6 \rangle &\langle 1|7 \rangle &\langle 1|8 \rangle &\langle 1|9 \rangle & \langle 1|10 \rangle \\
\hline 2^1 &\langle 2|1 \rangle & \langle 2|2 \rangle &\langle 2|3 \rangle &\langle 2|4 \rangle &\langle 2|5 \rangle &\langle 2|6 \rangle &\langle 2|7 \rangle &\langle 2|8 \rangle &\langle 2|9 \rangle & \langle 2|10 \rangle \\
\hline 3^1 &\langle 3|1 \rangle & \langle 3|2 \rangle &\langle 3|3 \rangle &\langle 3|4 \rangle &\langle 3|5 \rangle &\langle 3|6 \rangle &\langle 3|7 \rangle &\langle 3|8 \rangle &\langle 3|9 \rangle & \langle 3|10 \rangle \\
\hline 4^1 &\langle 4|1 \rangle & \langle 4|2 \rangle &\langle 4|3 \rangle &\langle 4|4 \rangle &\langle 4|5 \rangle &\langle 4|6 \rangle &\langle 4|7 \rangle &\langle 4|8 \rangle &\langle 4|9 \rangle & \langle 4|10 \rangle \\
\hline 5^1 &\langle 5|1 \rangle & \langle 5|2 \rangle &\langle 5|3 \rangle &\langle 5|4 \rangle &\langle 5|5 \rangle &\langle 5|6 \rangle &\langle 5|7 \rangle &\langle 5|8 \rangle &\langle 5|9 \rangle & \langle 5|10 \rangle \\
\hline 6^1 &\langle 6|1 \rangle & \langle 6|2 \rangle &\langle 6|3 \rangle &\langle 6|4 \rangle &\langle 6|5 \rangle &\langle 6|6 \rangle &\langle 6|7 \rangle &\langle 6|8 \rangle &\langle 6|9 \rangle & \langle 6|10 \rangle \\
\hline 7^1 &\langle 7|1 \rangle & \langle 7|2 \rangle &\langle 7|3 \rangle &\langle 7|4 \rangle &\langle 7|5 \rangle &\langle 7|6 \rangle &\langle 7|7 \rangle &\langle 7|8 \rangle &\langle 7|9 \rangle & \langle 7|10 \rangle \\
\hline 8^1 &\langle 8|1 \rangle & \langle 8|2 \rangle &\langle 8|3 \rangle &\langle 8|4 \rangle &\langle 8|5 \rangle &\langle 8|6 \rangle &\langle 8|7 \rangle &\langle 8|8 \rangle &\langle 8|9 \rangle & \langle 8|10 \rangle \\
\hline 9^1 &\langle 9|1 \rangle & \langle 9|2 \rangle &\langle 9|3 \rangle &\langle 9|4 \rangle &\langle 9|5 \rangle &\langle 9|6 \rangle &\langle 9|7 \rangle &\langle 9|8 \rangle &\langle 9|9 \rangle & \langle 9|10 \rangle \\
\hline 10^1 &\langle 10|1 \rangle & \langle 10|2 \rangle &\langle 10|3 \rangle &\langle 10|4 \rangle &\langle 10|5 \rangle &\langle 10|6 \rangle &\langle 10|7 \rangle &\langle 10|8 \rangle &\langle 10|9 \rangle & \langle 10|10 \rangle \\
\hline
\end{array}
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As long as mathematicians remember their table manners, all goes well.
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The Flat Earth concept is like a gift that keeps on giving... 
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He was just lucky it was Flat Mars in the orbit at that time, Flat Venus would be right out!
Then again, isn't there something almost like that with the Venus Flat Trap?
Then again, isn't there something almost like that with the Venus Flat Trap?
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These jokes are getting really flat.
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Well, people HAVE been complaining about planes falling out of the sky, so there might be something to it...other than the delivery.
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"Galileo, you'll have to simplify the experiment."
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Schroedinger...Isn't he the guy what invented Cat Boxing? That's just mean, making cats fight like that: standing upright, paws sheathed and no ear-biting allowed...just plain un-natural.
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The problem with cat boxing is that both cats are always KO'd and not KO'd at the same time.
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In the Biology Department: Do you know how to cut off a cat's tail?
Take away his wheels!
Take away his wheels!