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Author: | Smythe Dakota [ Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:48 am ] |
Post subject: | Math riddles |
1. What's purple and commutative? 2. What's green and very far away? 3. What's yellow and equivalent to the Axiom of Choice? Bill Smythe |
Author: | Joe Casey [ Thu Aug 30, 2012 5:43 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Math riddles |
I know the first one: Hidden Text: It was the one and only joke attributed to our Professor Rankin in Glasgow |
Author: | rcbroughton [ Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:54 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Math riddles |
Smythe Dakota wrote: 2. What's green and very far away? The hedge at the bottom of my garden?
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Author: | Smythe Dakota [ Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:26 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Math riddles |
rcbroughton wrote: .... The hedge at the bottom of my garden? How is this a math riddle? Hint: Think along the lines of the answer to the first one.Bill Smythe |
Author: | rcbroughton [ Wed Sep 05, 2012 4:40 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Math riddles |
Smythe Dakota wrote: rcbroughton wrote: .... The hedge at the bottom of my garden? How is this a math riddle? Hint: Think along the lines of the answer to the first one.Bill Smythe fields (like hedges) are generally green, and an accepted unified theory is still a long way off . . . |
Author: | Smythe Dakota [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 6:45 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Math riddles |
That's a lot better, but think fruit. Purple grapes, green _____ , yellow _____ . Bill Smythe |
Author: | rcbroughton [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:10 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Math riddles |
Smythe Dakota wrote: That's a lot better, but think fruit. Purple grapes, green _____ , yellow _____ . green grapes, greengages, green apples - I also had some green furry raspberries in the fridge but I had to throw them out
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Author: | Joe Casey [ Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:43 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Math riddles |
for the second one: Hidden Text: No ideas for the third one though: Axiom of Choice wasn't on my syllabus, so I'm very vague about it. regards PS scrub that: with a bit of a dabble in Google and Wikipedia, I have candidates after all: Hidden Text: Hidden Text: That'll be it then cheers |
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