Maths is Interesting

[Orior]

I'm not strange, just harmlessly interesting...

   1. Pie =3.14159 26535 89793 23846 26433 83279 50288 41971 69399 37510 58209 74944 59230 78164 06286 20899 86280 34825 34211 70679 82148 08651 32823 ...
   2. A sphere has two sides. However, there are one-sided surfaces.
   3. There are shapes of constant width other than the circle. One can even drill square holes.
   4. There are just five regular polyhedra
   5. In a group of 23 people, at least two have the same birthday with the probability greater than 1/2
   6. Everything you can do with a ruler and a compass you can do with the compass alone
   7. Among all shapes with the same perimeter a circle has the largest area.
   8. There are curves that fill a plane without holes
   9. Much as with people, there are irrational, perfect, complex numbers
  10. As in philosophy, there are transcendental numbers
  11. As in the art, there are imaginary and surreal numbers
  12. A straight line has dimension 1, a plane - 2. Fractals have mostly fractional dimension
  13. You are wrong if you think Mathematics is not fun
  14. Mathematics studies neighborhoods, groups and free groups, rings, ideals, holes, poles and removable poles, trees, growth ...
  15. Mathematics also studies models, shapes, curves, cardinals, similarity, consistency, completeness, space ...
  16. Among objects of mathematical study are heredity, continuity, jumps, infinity, infinitesimals, paradoxes...
  17. Last but not the least, Mathematics studies stability, projections and values, values are often absolute but may also be extreme, local or global.
  18. Trigonometry aside, Mathematics comprises fields like Game Theory, Braids Theory, Knot Theory and more
  19. One is morally obligated not to do anything impossible
  20. Some numbers are square, yet others are triangular
  21. The next sentence is true but you must not believe it
  22. The previous sentence was false
  23. 12+3-4+5+67+8+9=100 and there exists at least one other representation of 100 with 9 digits in the right order and math operations in between
  24. One can cut a pie into 8 pieces with three movements
  25. Program=Algorithms+Data Structures
  26. There is something the dead eat but if the living eat it, they die.
  27. A clock never showing right time might be preferable to the one showing right time twice a day
  28. Among all shapes with the same area circle has the shortest perimeter
  29. Curves of infinite length may enclose finite areas.
  30. Falsity implies anything.
  31. There is order in chaos.
  32. To get cafe au lait one should carry coffee to milk and not milk to coffee.
  33. Sets may be thick, thin and normal.
  34. In some circumstances index equals the content.
  35. In other circumstances, an index may have a content of its own.
  36. There are things distant yet near. There are others that are near yet distant.
  37. There are three plane regions that share exactly the same boundary.
  38. A continuous linear function must have the form f(x)=ax. Discontinuous linear functions look dreadful.
  39. A continuous function may grow considerably virtually without changing.
  40. You can't add apples and oranges but you can add their shapes.
  41. There are many things that can be added: numbers, vectors, matrices, spaces, shapes, sets, functions, equations, strings, chains...
  42. Among any two integers or real numbers one is larger, another smaller. But you can't compare two complex numbers.
  43. The only triangle with rational sides and angles is equilateral.
  44. 0!=1
  45. One is morally obligated to do everything impossible.
  46. The word 'fraction' derives from the Latin fractio - to break. However, there are continuous fractions.
  47. For every object there is a distance at which it looks its best.
  48. At any given time in New York there live at least two people with the same number of hairs.
  49. Sometimes in order to add one has to take the difference.
  50. Demographic tests show that the person least likely to buy Wired magazine is an American schoolteacher.
  51. Complex numbers are in a sense perfect while there is little doubt that perfect numbers are complex.
  52. You can position 10 defenders of a square castle so that on every side there will be 5 men.
  53. There are many things that can be multiplied: numbers, vectors, matrices, functions, equations, sets, pegs...
  54. A torus may be brushed smooth but a sphere can not.
  55. A circle may be quite useful in drawing straight lines.
  56. In the sequence of all integers, there are arbitrary long runs with no primes.
  57. With just one caveat, anything you can do with a compass and a ruler you can do with the ruler alone.
  58. There are really impossible things.
  59. You can add apples and oranges.
  60. Complex number to a complex power may be real.
  61. Irrational number to an irrational power may be rational.
  62. There are trisectable angles that are not constructible.
  63. There exist triangular numbers that are also square.
  64. No two integers are equidistant from the square root of 2
  65. Almost every integer has a digit 3 in it
  66. C₀ - C₀ = [-1, 1]
  67. The length of the diagonal of the unit square equals the square root of 2
  68. Every composite number is the product of some factors and also the some of the same numbers
  69. Simple quadrilaterals tessellate the plane
  70. There is a simple solution to the affirmative action problem
  71. Two simple polygons of equal area can be dissected into a finite number of congruent polygons
  72. cos(36°) = (1 + √5)/4
  73. 1/3 + 1/4 = 7/12
  74. Σ2^-n = Σn·^2-n
  75. Bisector of an imaginary angle may be real

Now isnt that more exciting than soccer, or dogs or chatting up your mates bird?

[Stalin]

Maths is idiotic

[Puckoon]

I always thought it was math.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

US - math, sports
Ireland - maths, sport

[The Real Laoislad]

Always annoys me when English people say month instead of months..
eg: The game is 6 month away

[ExiledGael]

Always annoys me when English people say month instead of months..
eg: The game is 6 month away

I think that's just in Emmerdale or 'down in 'Woolpack'.

[Mario]

I've a masters in maths 

[Orior]

Always annoys me when English people say month instead of months..
eg: The game is 6 month away

What annoys me more is when people say "piss off, you're much too good looking for this place"

[David McKeown]

I'm not strange, just harmlessly interesting...

   1. Pie =3.14159 26535 89793 23846 26433 83279 50288 41971 69399 37510 58209 74944 59230 78164 06286 20899 86280 34825 34211 70679 82148 08651 32823 ...
   2. A sphere has two sides. However, there are one-sided surfaces.
   3. There are shapes of constant width other than the circle. One can even drill square holes.
   4. There are just five regular polyhedra
   5. In a group of 23 people, at least two have the same birthday with the probability greater than 1/2
   6. Everything you can do with a ruler and a compass you can do with the compass alone
   7. Among all shapes with the same perimeter a circle has the largest area.
   8. There are curves that fill a plane without holes
   9. Much as with people, there are irrational, perfect, complex numbers
  10. As in philosophy, there are transcendental numbers
  11. As in the art, there are imaginary and surreal numbers
  12. A straight line has dimension 1, a plane - 2. Fractals have mostly fractional dimension
  13. You are wrong if you think Mathematics is not fun
  14. Mathematics studies neighborhoods, groups and free groups, rings, ideals, holes, poles and removable poles, trees, growth ...
  15. Mathematics also studies models, shapes, curves, cardinals, similarity, consistency, completeness, space ...
  16. Among objects of mathematical study are heredity, continuity, jumps, infinity, infinitesimals, paradoxes...
  17. Last but not the least, Mathematics studies stability, projections and values, values are often absolute but may also be extreme, local or global.
  18. Trigonometry aside, Mathematics comprises fields like Game Theory, Braids Theory, Knot Theory and more
  19. One is morally obligated not to do anything impossible
  20. Some numbers are square, yet others are triangular
  21. The next sentence is true but you must not believe it
  22. The previous sentence was false
  23. 12+3-4+5+67+8+9=100 and there exists at least one other representation of 100 with 9 digits in the right order and math operations in between
  24. One can cut a pie into 8 pieces with three movements
  25. Program=Algorithms+Data Structures
  26. There is something the dead eat but if the living eat it, they die.
  27. A clock never showing right time might be preferable to the one showing right time twice a day
  28. Among all shapes with the same area circle has the shortest perimeter
  29. Curves of infinite length may enclose finite areas.
  30. Falsity implies anything.
  31. There is order in chaos.
  32. To get cafe au lait one should carry coffee to milk and not milk to coffee.
  33. Sets may be thick, thin and normal.
  34. In some circumstances index equals the content.
  35. In other circumstances, an index may have a content of its own.
  36. There are things distant yet near. There are others that are near yet distant.
  37. There are three plane regions that share exactly the same boundary.
  38. A continuous linear function must have the form f(x)=ax. Discontinuous linear functions look dreadful.
  39. A continuous function may grow considerably virtually without changing.
  40. You can't add apples and oranges but you can add their shapes.
  41. There are many things that can be added: numbers, vectors, matrices, spaces, shapes, sets, functions, equations, strings, chains...
  42. Among any two integers or real numbers one is larger, another smaller. But you can't compare two complex numbers.
  43. The only triangle with rational sides and angles is equilateral.
  44. 0!=1
  45. One is morally obligated to do everything impossible.
  46. The word 'fraction' derives from the Latin fractio - to break. However, there are continuous fractions.
  47. For every object there is a distance at which it looks its best.
  48. At any given time in New York there live at least two people with the same number of hairs.
  49. Sometimes in order to add one has to take the difference.
  50. Demographic tests show that the person least likely to buy Wired magazine is an American schoolteacher.
  51. Complex numbers are in a sense perfect while there is little doubt that perfect numbers are complex.
  52. You can position 10 defenders of a square castle so that on every side there will be 5 men.
  53. There are many things that can be multiplied: numbers, vectors, matrices, functions, equations, sets, pegs...
  54. A torus may be brushed smooth but a sphere can not.
  55. A circle may be quite useful in drawing straight lines.
  56. In the sequence of all integers, there are arbitrary long runs with no primes.
  57. With just one caveat, anything you can do with a compass and a ruler you can do with the ruler alone.
  58. There are really impossible things.
  59. You can add apples and oranges.
  60. Complex number to a complex power may be real.
  61. Irrational number to an irrational power may be rational.
  62. There are trisectable angles that are not constructible.
  63. There exist triangular numbers that are also square.
  64. No two integers are equidistant from the square root of 2
  65. Almost every integer has a digit 3 in it
  66. C₀ - C₀ = [-1, 1]
  67. The length of the diagonal of the unit square equals the square root of 2
  68. Every composite number is the product of some factors and also the some of the same numbers
  69. Simple quadrilaterals tessellate the plane
  70. There is a simple solution to the affirmative action problem
  71. Two simple polygons of equal area can be dissected into a finite number of congruent polygons
  72. cos(36°) = (1 + √5)/4
  73. 1/3 + 1/4 = 7/12
  74. Σ2^-n = Σn·^2-n
  75. Bisector of an imaginary angle may be real

Now isnt that more exciting than soccer, or dogs or chatting up your mates bird?

Took me weeks to demonstrate this for maths gcse.  I want that time back damn it

[Treasurer]

My favourite subject in school.

[Square Ball]

My favourite subject in school.

Sad, mine too along with Physics and TD

[Mhic Easmuint]

Would that have been the guttering coursework?

I mind doing that guttering coursework too!

[David McKeown]

Would that have been the guttering coursework?

I mind doing that guttering coursework too!

Dont remember guttering I believe we had to fence out the largest area we could in a farmers field with x amount of fencing material

[Franko]

You missed the best bit of maths of the lot...

e^(i x pi) - 1 = 0

I still can't believe that is true...

[gallsman]

Would that have been the guttering coursework?

I like to think of myself as younger than all you old farts and I did that coursework as well! Unless of course you're a maths teacher hardstation...