- You wonder if something is measurable.
- You want everything to axiomatic.
- The ultimate argument stopper is a counterexample.
- The person you're talking to respects (3) as conclusive proof they are wrong.
- Inheritance is more than just what people get when a relative dies.
- You classify china patters according to their symmetry types and group.
- A donut is just a really tasty coffee cup.
- Induction is either weak or strong, never ambiguous.
- Choice of coordinate system is arbitrary.
- When someone talks about a group your first question is "Under what operation?"
- Complex analyses are usually easier than a real ones.
- Everything is a conjecture until proven.
- Hypotheses are what you assume going in, not what you're trying to prove.
- Examples are just special cases of things that might not hold in higher dimensions/more generality.
- You tried pouring coffee in your donut.
- You pour coffee into a cup but onto a Klein Bottle.
- You've got vector space, subspace, null space, column space, and row space, but no shelf space (and probably no floor space either).
- When people talk about a kernel of truth you get confused.
- No matter how much stuff you have, it's still okay because it's a compact set.
- Any question you know the answer to is trivial.
- You understand at least half of the above.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Some Signs You May be Living In A World of Math
Not an exhaustive list, but fun anyway. . . .
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