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The discussion revolves around humorous interpretations and jokes related to the mathematician Hermann Grassmann, including puns and anecdotes involving physicists and mathematicians. The scope is primarily light-hearted and anecdotal, with no serious theoretical or technical exploration.

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  • Participants share jokes and light-hearted comments about Grassmann, with some expressing disappointment in the humor quality.
  • A joke is presented involving a physicist and a mathematician solving a problem for a peasant, highlighting differing approaches to optimization.
  • Another participant shares a joke about the optical Doppler effect, contributing to the humorous tone of the thread.

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Mandelbroth said:
...Oh. I was hoping for a good joke. :rolleyes:

It made me smile, and that's what count anyways.
 
this not a really good one neither : a physicist and a mathematician have to solve a problem for a peasant. He wants to make a park for his sheeps as optimized as possible.
The physicist comes and make a circle fence saying this is the biggest area for this length of fence. The mathematician take 3 sticks and put them around him and then says : i define the exterior as the place where i am so the sheeps are inside the fence.
 
jk22 said:
this not a really good one neither : a physicist and a mathematician have to solve a problem for a peasant. He wants to make a park for his sheep as optimized as possible.
The physicist comes and make a circle fence saying this is the biggest area for this length of fence. The mathematician take 3 sticks and put them around him and then says : i define the exterior as the place where i am so the sheep are inside the fence.
What's wrong with doing that? Seems reasonable to me. :-p
 
I read that one on the net : how you can check the optical doppler effect : go to the street by night you see that when the car is approaching the light is white, and when going away it's red.
 

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