Saturday, 31 August 2013

Back to school jokes for everyone


Theorem: Every positive integer is interesting. 

Proof: By contradiction, assume that there exists an uninteresting positive integer. Then there must be a smallest uninteresting positive integer. But that's pretty interesting! Therefore a contradiction!

Q: How many mathematicians does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A1: None. It's left to the reader as an exercise.

A2: None. A mathematician can't screw in a light bulb, but he can easily prove the work can be done. 

A3: One. He gives it to four programmers, thereby reducing the problem to the already solved

A4: The answer is intuitively obvious

Top ln(e^10) reasons why e is better than pi:
10) e is easier to spell than pi.
9) pi ~= 3.14 while e ~=2.718281828459045...
8) The character for e can be found on a keyboard, but pi sure can't.
7) Everybody fights for their piece of the pie.
6) ln(pi) is a really nasty number, but ln(e) = 1.
5) e is used in calculus while pi is used in baby geometry.
4) 'e' is the most commonly picked vowel in Wheel of Fortune.
3) e stands for Euler's Number, pi doesn't stand for squat.
2) You don't need to know Greek to be able to use e.
1) You can't confuse e with a food product.

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