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Agnishom

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You might be a mathematician if

You Might Be a Mathematician if...
you are fascinated by the equation  e^(i*pi) +1=0

you know by heart the first fifty digits of pi.

you have tried to prove Fermat's Last Theorem.

you know ten ways to prove Pythagoras' Theorem.

your telephone number is the sum of two prime numbers.

you have calculated that the World Series actually diverges.

you are sure that differential equations are a very useful tool.

you comment to your wife that her straight hair is nice and parallel.

when you say to a car dealer "I'll take the red car or the blue one", you must add "but not both of them."

How many of them apply to you? and which ones?

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

I have to do all that to become a mathematician! It's easier to think that i am a mathematician.

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Agnishom

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

Okay, but how many of them apply to you

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'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
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Re: You might be a mathematician if

I am afraid none of them. I am feeling very dejected. Can you make another list?

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Agnishom

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

Agnishom's Scoresheet
you are fascinated by the equation  e[sup]i π[/sup] +1=0 - Very much

you know by heart the first fifty digits of pi. - Only 40

you have tried to prove Fermat's Last Theorem. - Yes

you know ten ways to prove Pythagoras' Theorem. - No, only two of them

your telephone number is the sum of two prime numbers. - Unfortunately, it was odd, So I tried 65's telephone number

you have calculated that the World Series actually diverges. - I have no idea what an World Series is

you are sure that differential equations are a very useful tool. - Yes

you comment to your wife that her straight hair is nice and parallel. - Not Applicable right now but would surely be if I had a wife

when you say to a car dealer "I'll take the red car or the blue one", you must add "but not both of them." - Yes

I am afraid none of them. I am feeling very dejected. Can you make another list?

Here you go:
http://img.spikedmath.com/comics/456-to … tician.png

Last edited by Agnishom (2013-06-29 15:42:01)

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'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

Thanks for providing the new list. I have one of those.

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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Agnishom

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

Would you please explain point 8 and 9 in the new list?

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'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

Those are two logic symbols. For all and there exists. But I do not get it.

The other one is incomprehensible to me. I only got 3.

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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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Re: You might be a mathematician if

How much do you score on the first list?

How do you pronounce LaTeX?

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'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

I scored zero and am glad of it.

lah teck I am pretty sure.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

How can you score zero? Don't the following apply to you?

you are sure that differential equations are a very useful tool.

you comment to your wife that her straight hair is nice and parallel.

when you say to a car dealer "I'll take the red car or the blue one", you must add "but not both of them.

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'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

Okay, but how many of them apply to you

only 3

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

It is understood I am only buying one. Who buys two cars.

I would never use any math on any woman. Not unless I despised her.

DE's are nothing more than approximations. Then to solve them one usually has to resort to numerics or linearize them further turning it into an approximation of an approximation.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

It is understood I am only buying one. Who buys two cars.

Does that stop you from using the XOR operator?

I would never use any math on any woman. Not unless I despised her.

Really? Would you use math on chocolate chips?

approximations.

You surely use them a lot

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'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

bobbym

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

I love XOR. My favorite command back in the old Z-80 days was XOR A.

Nope, I eat chocolate chip

You surely use them a lot

They do crop up in numerical analysis. But as you know I never do any physics.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Agnishom

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

Z-80 was a type of game player?

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'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

bobbym

bumpkin

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

Showing that the author of that page probably never even seen a Z - 80!

#3 of your second list is the one!

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

Hi Agnishom

For #9: Do you know what those symbols mean by themselves.

For #3: I thought LaTeX was pronounced lay teck.

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

Knuth says lah teck.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Agnishom

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

I do not know anything about the symbols

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'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

bobbym

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

For all and there exists.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Agnishom

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

I still do not get the joke

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'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

anonimnystefy

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

In mathematical logic the two symbols are used to express certain facts. For example:

Meaning:

For every x there is (at least one) y which is greater than x,

Or, even further simplified:

There is no largest number.

The thing is, it is very common to have an exists symbol right after the for all symbol, like in the expression above. So, the joke would translate to:

For all for-all symbols there exists a there-exists symbol.

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“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

Agnishom

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

Good One!

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'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

bobbym

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Re: You might be a mathematician if

I can not tell the difference between Logic and joke Logic.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.