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Re: Ask HN: Any good math jokes?

#91
Good math jokes split into two groups: either they're funny, or they make you feel clever for understanding them, I think. The latter are more fun.

Simple Level:

What's special about plants in the maths common room?

They have square roots.

More Educated:

Why can't you plant wheat in the integers mod 6?

Because 6 isn't prime!

Re: Ask HN: Any good math jokes?

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post #79
post #29

An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second orders half a beer. The third, a quarter of a beer. The bartender says "You're all idiots", and pours two beers. more: http://www.metafilter.com/76377/Two-mathematicians-walk-into...

So all but one have to share a glass? Seems unpractical.

They possibly have an infinite amount of time to share the glass around

Re: Ask HN: Any good math jokes?

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post #59

Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 8 9! (7 ate 9)

I think you mean (ate 7 9). Don't feel bad, infix notation can creep up even on experienced Lisp programmers.

Those brackets were not for Lisp! God! They are also used for English.

Re: Ask HN: Any good math jokes?

#97
post #29

An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second orders half a beer. The third, a quarter of a beer. The bartender says "You're all idiots", and pours two beers. more: http://www.metafilter.com/76377/Two-mathematicians-walk-into...

Similar:

An infinite number of mathematicins walk into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second orders half a beer. The third, a third of a beer. The bartender says, "what do you think I am, an idiot?" and kicks them all out.

An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second orders two beers. The third, three beers. The bartender says, "you guys owe me a twelfth of a beer."

(Explanation of that last one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%2B2%2B3%2B4%2B... )

Re: Ask HN: Any good math jokes?

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post #8

Surprised this isn't already here, pretty popular at my college: I wish I was your derivative, so I could lie tangent to your curves.

And the companion bio-joke: I wish I was mRNA polymerase, so I could unzip your genes.

Wow, best pickup line I've ever heard :-)

Re: Ask HN: Any good math jokes?

#100
post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Make that 10 hard problems. Similar to - There are 10 kinds on people. Those who understand binary and those who don't.

Every base is base 10. http://cowbirdsinlove.com/43

I found this one particularly amusing :)
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