Tales from the Engineering Floor – Hoard of Mathematical Treasures


I haven’t heard anything I can repeat without getting death threats, so how about a joke mathematicians might appreciate? I’m sure the title of the each ‘proof’ resonates among us who try to get information from those more informed than us:

  • Proof by deferral: “We’ll prove it next week.”
  • Proof by cyclic deferral: “As we’ve proved last week…”
  • Proof by indefinite deferral: ” As I said last week, we’ll prove this next week.”
  • Proof by lack of imagination: “I can’t think of any reason why it’s false, so it must be true.”

One Response to Tales from the Engineering Floor – Hoard of Mathematical Treasures

  1. Jabbathehutt says:

    ha, and you thought that mathematicians are a nice bunch? If you don’t die from pure mathematics and derivation of expansion series, you mutate to a new breed with weird mind control powers.

    Behold, they’ll take over your mind when you go out to the corner shop for lunch…… and make you empty your paypal account.

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