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I read an explanation of why mathematicians were lousy at arithmetic.
They only have to deal with three numbers: 0, 1, and ∞.
Four if you count √-1.
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Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:52,
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Four if you count √-1.
there are an infinate amount of numbers
there are also an infinite amount of even numbers AND and infinite amount of odd numbers
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Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:59,
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Yes, but they only have to *deal with* those three.
Something either eventually equals something else: 1/1=1, 1*1=1
or it eventually vanishes: 0/x=0, 0*x=0
or it approaches infinity: 1/0=∞.
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Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:16,
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or it eventually vanishes: 0/x=0, 0*x=0
or it approaches infinity: 1/0=∞.
An infinate number of mathematicians walk into a bar
The first orders a pint, the second orders half a pint, the third orders a quarter of a pint, the fourth an eighth of a pint, and so on...
The barman shouts STOP! And pours 2 pints.
/nerdiest joke ever
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Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:22,
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The barman shouts STOP! And pours 2 pints.
/nerdiest joke ever
Haha
Bit unfair on the poor mathematicians, though, having to divide up the pints by themselves.
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Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:27,
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well it was a busy lunchtime
and he was running short of glasses
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Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:31,
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You're missing two
e and pi are both extremely important. Basically we need 0, 1, i=sqrt(-1), e and pi. infinity isn't a number, it's a limit and can be taken in numerous different ways and not all infinities are the same size. Take the number of integers, 1, 2, 3, 4....infinity. Now take the number of half integers, 1/2, 1, 3/2, 2, 5/2, 3...infinity. The infinity of half integers is clearly twice the size of the infinity of integers. Fortunately these are both countable infinities.
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