F$%&ing prove it yourself, bitch!

The BBQ Pit
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University maths. Theorem, proof, theorem, proof, bloody theorem, proof.

It’s coming out of my ears! I JUST DON’T CARE!

mutters shoulda done an arts degree mutters

And what exactly is the difference between a theorem, a lemma, and a proposition?

I have a few sophomore year exams starting in two days and being far more interested in other things, I have barely done any work for them. I’m working at it now, but it’s hard to focus when I don’t actually find the subject that interesting anymore.

ARRRGGGGHHHH! My head is going to explode.

:confused:

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Proposition: Statement to be proven. Proof generally follows.
Lemma: Lil’ baby theorem used in proving a larger theorem.
Theorem: A statement that can be shown to be true. (When your math teacher says “theorem”, she usually means the whole proof. The proposition becomes a theorem when proof is supplied.)

Now get to work, you slacking sod. RESPECT THE MATH.

-C

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Proposition: “Hey, baby. Ya wanna hook up and do the nasty?”

Lemma: A small, ring-tailed primate found in Madagascar

Theorem: a hypothetical word in Latin

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I said RESPECT THE MATH. That means you too, missy. Don’t make me come over there and differentiate something you might want to stay integrated.

-C

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sneer

I’m a librarian. I don’t have to respect math at all. Now just run along and read this fine piece of literature. It’s only 700 pages.

Promise?

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Math is not worthy of my respect. How often do I actually give a frog’s fat ass about x and y and what happens if I square their differences? Never, that’s how often.

x and y can go jump in the lake, for all I care!

Robin

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Yeah, and if math is so great, how come I have to go to the dentist every six months and get the calculus scraped off my teeth?

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I was going to say something about how I laugh at the math…

Then I realized I use a HECK of a lot of math, from doing dilution calculations, regressions, stats, to calculus for a few choicer problems.

On the plus side, if you can muddle through the equations you don’t have to proove crap with math in biology.

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Math kicks ass. Consider the following:

-1 = -1
1/-1 = -1/1…Equivilant to the above statement
sqrt(1/-1) = sqrt(-1/1)…Take the square root of both sides
sqrt(1)/sqrt(-1) = sqrt(-1)/sqrt(1)…Distribute the root
sqrt(1) = sqrt(-1)sqrt(-1)/sqrt(1)…Multiply both sides by sqrt(-1)
sqrt(1) = -1 / sqrt(1)…Multiply sqrts together
1 = -1 / 1…Simply square roots.
1 = -1 …Simply further.

Doesn’t that just make you happy?

-C

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I’m so happy I could just wet my pants.

Robin

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Well, working from the conclusion I just drew above, I can PROVE you wet your pants.

  1. Clearly 1 + 1 = 2.
  2. So the statment “Either 1 + 1 = 2 or MsRobyn peed her pants” must be true.
  3. But 1 = -1
  4. So 1 + 1 can be rewritten as 1 - 1, and 1 - 1 = 0.
  5. So 1 + 1 =! 2.
  6. We already decided “Either 1 + 1 = 2 or MsRobyn peed her pants” must be true. Because 1 + 1 = 2 is false, in order for this statement to be true, the second part must be true. (Law of the Excluded Middle.)
  7. Therefore, MsRobyn peed her pants.

I recommend a diaper before you attempt any more math today.

-C

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A diaper might not be a bad idea. A calculator would be better.

Robin

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Is it time for pie yet?

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Damn mathematicians and their tricky ways of proving people peed their pants because what isn’t false is true and the square root of the negative is true and *oh my DeityOfChoice THE LEMMINGS ARE COMING FOR MY PANCREASE HELP ME BEFORE IT’S TOO LAT)E(URFWJI)QC)HQOIWD

There is nothing wrong. Continue enjoying the SDMB.

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When come back, bring pi.

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No, but it’s time for pi.

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I’m still stuck on the following question from my “Math for Music Majors” course in college:

2+2 = 5. True or False?

Off to balance my checkbook by making sure I haven’t bounced anything online.

Ava

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There’s your problem (in bold). You have to perform the same operation on both sides of the equation. The equation may balance, but that’s just the nature of unity. :stuck_out_tongue:

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But can your fancy math prove where the missing dollar went?

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What the hell kind of math term is a squirt? And pi = 3, don’t it? So circles ain’t so complicated after all.