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I’m not sure what the author had in mind when he wrote the paper, but its light-hearted content reveals well how to structure a math paper: (1) state the problem and why the reader should care about it, (2) state how the paper builds on prior work, (3) summarize the main results, and then (4) develop them in theorem-proof style. An economics paper in the same spirit (though of course economics addresses more practica…
In the classic 2002 feature film "Undercover Brother" the titular character had a hot sauce watch which enabled him to eat white people food. James Bond was surely jealous. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279493/
Theorems 1 and 2 are a little weak. For theorem 1, once a mustard watch reaches a sufficiently enormous size, material weaknesses become relevant problems to overcome, and it is not clearly shown that adding a few more grains will in fact allow the watch to still operate. And theorem 2 doesn't discuss how much time is needed to measure the current time. I'm not entirely sure this has been peer reviewed. No notes on t…
I’m not sufficiently familiar with French culture or maths culture (and barely at all with their intersection!) to tell whether this is satire/parody, or just bonkers in general. Which is it?
So you get a "mustard watch", a thing which behaves simultaneously as a watch and as a mustard container, and finding a situation where that would be useful is an exercise for the reader.
What precisely is the complaint the actual author is making wrt temporal logic? Surely it is more than the assertion that there is no such canonical one? I can’t decode French elitism.
It is a clear case of "langue-dans-la-joue"
(or is it "langue-dans-la-fesse"?).
I’m not sufficiently familiar with French culture or maths culture (and barely at all with their intersection!) to tell whether this is satire/parody, or just bonkers in general. Which is it?