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Re: Ask HN: Any good math jokes?

#11

Why did the chicken cross the Möbius strip? To get to the same side.

This joke might be funnier if the answer is:

To get to the other side.

(The mathematicians will know that the chicken's quest will fail. Then they'll feel sorry for the chicken...)

Re: Ask HN: Any good math jokes?

#15
What is the par value of a zero-coupon bond with no maturity?

Pee dollars!

Did you see the SNL segment on options? It was put-call parody!

Complex analysis: it's as easy as pulling out an i.

Analysis, something, something. Balls! (I haven't quite finished that one).

Re: Ask HN: Any good math jokes?

#17
post #4

If you do it in groups, you'd better be discrete. (Related: Analysts do it continuously, and almost everywhere.)

Materials scientists do it with latex.

Biochemists do it with animals.

When civil engineers do it, the earth moves.

Software engineers do it all night long.

Re: Ask HN: Any good math jokes?

#20
"Leibnitz > Newton" could provoke a fist fight. This would be hilarious to see.

edit: Better than xkcd, depending on your sense of humor (i.e., whether you have one) is smbc-comics.com. Dunno how he licenses his stuff though.

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