The story behind the Connecticut deli math sign
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Re: The story behind the Connecticut deli math sign
#2tl;dr: They were down there talking about math one afternoon and the owner of the deli was trying to take the order from one of them and he was a little bit too preoccupied with mathematics to fully engage in the sandwich ordering process.
Re: The story behind the Connecticut deli math sign
#3Let L be a group.
I actually guffawed at that one. I am SO going to use that.
Re: The story behind the Connecticut deli math sign
#4Let L be a group. I actually guffawed at that one. I am SO going to use that.
I still don't get it. :/
Re: The story behind the Connecticut deli math sign
#5Let L be a group. I actually guffawed at that one. I am SO going to use that.
I still don't get it. :/
Typically, you'd use G when picking a variable name for a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_(mathematics)
The equivalent programmer joke might be something like "int str;" or "string array_length;"
It's kind of funny in the "oh that's a really bad joke" kind of way :)
Re: The story behind the Connecticut deli math sign
#6tl;dr: They were down there talking about math one afternoon and the owner of the deli was trying to take the order from one of them and he was a little bit too preoccupied with mathematics to fully engage in the sandwich ordering process.
One actually doesn't have to read more than this tl;dr, since the interview in the article is tedious and takes forever to get to the point
Re: The story behind the Connecticut deli math sign
#7Let L be a group. I actually guffawed at that one. I am SO going to use that.
Isn't SO a special orthogonal group, as in the rotational symmetries? Are we in the presence of a really obscure pun?
Re: The story behind the Connecticut deli math sign
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
I still don't get it. :/
Typically, you'd use G when picking a variable name for a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_(mathematics) The equivalent programmer joke might be something like "int str;" or "string array_length;" It's kind of funny in the "oh that's a really bad joke" kind of way :)
"Let εOr a similar but more blatant telling of the original joke would be "Let ℵ₀ be a group."
Re: The story behind the Connecticut deli math sign
#9Mathematicians can have a focus (and corresponding lack of real-world awareness) that puts even us engineers to shame. Once as an undergrad I was taking a class in the math building, and there was a professor blocking the door because he was reading a flyer taped to it about an upcoming symposium or something. I coughed a little to indicate I was there, and he turned, acknowledged my presence, and then went right back to reading the flyer for another fifteen seconds or so.
We love you, you crazy bastards.