Timeline for Mathematical "urban legends"
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9 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Jan 17, 2012 at 12:06 | comment | added | Seamus | I was once told about a philosophy essay that started "In this essay I will argue that the mind is identical to the brain, but not the other way around". | |
| May 10, 2011 at 18:13 | comment | added | Jonas Meyer | José Figueroa-O'Farrill tells a very similar story in a comment at mathoverflow.net/questions/1083/do-good-math-jokes-exist/… | |
| Feb 3, 2011 at 15:41 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | Don't forget to tip your server! | |
| Feb 1, 2011 at 14:30 | comment | added | David E Speyer | This is the same syntax as the joke "Oh Harry, if only we were married!" "We are, Sally... Oh, did you mean to each other?" | |
| Feb 1, 2011 at 11:41 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | You've been a lovely audience. Nate and I will be here all week. | |
| Feb 1, 2011 at 1:20 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | @Gerry: Asaf's is, but yours isn't. | |
| Jan 31, 2011 at 22:39 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | I gave a homework problem, "Let $G_1$ be the group $\dots$, let $G_2$ be the group $\dots$. Are $G_1$ and $G_2$ isomorphic?" and was astonished to get the response, "$G_1$ is, but $G_2$ isn't." Are Asaf's story and mine isomorphic? | |
| Jan 31, 2011 at 20:54 | comment | added | Thierry Zell | All too believable, unfortunately. | |
| Jan 31, 2011 at 18:53 | history | answered | Asaf Karagila♦ | CC BY-SA 2.5 |