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Hi Egon. Yes, the pies were a bit greenish. I am surprised that you would want to make room, though. I think that Harry Harrison, just didn't know that there was at least 1 free room at Hilbert's Hotel.
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My computer beat me at chess, but I won at kickboxing
Although in my case it is usually to whine about maths, rather than enthuse about it.
I can usually follow the conversations though.
Why did the mathematician name his dog Cauchy?
It left a residue at every pole.
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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
The sad thing is I actually understand that one now that I've had complex analysis. (Interpret that how you will.)
A mathematician was always bragging about how smart his dog was, so one day his colleagues convinced him to bring the dog and demonstrate. The mathematician said, "Ask my dog any math question and I guarantee he'll get it right!" So one of the others asked, "Name a knot invariant!" The dog replied, "Arf!" All the mathematicians laughed them out of the room. After they had left, the dog turned to his master and said, "Do you think I should have said the Jones polynomial?"
(For those not quite nerdy enough to know knot theory, the Arf invariant and the Jones polynomial are both tools used to compare knots.)
Ah. I can hold my own in Maths, although the PhD I'm working on is in Applied and I've forgotten a lot of Pure. Sounds like a great excuse to look things up on occasion!
What to do you get if you integrate one over cabin with regard to cabin? Natural log cabin by the sea.