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Пишет Misha Verbitsky ([info]tiphareth)
@ 2016-06-02 13:32:00


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Музыка:D-Pressiv - DINGE EINES LEBENS
Entry tags:math, smeshnoe

by violence, or force of arms?
Оттуда же

When the logician Carnap was immigrating to the US, he had

the usual consular interview, where one of the questions
was (and still is, I think): "Would you favor the
overthrow of the US government by violence, or force of
arms?". He thought for a while, and responded: "I would
have to say force of arms..."



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[info]tiphareth
2016-06-02 14:36 (ссылка)
Oral maths exam for engineers, 1960s, Budapest. To prove: there are infinitely many prime numbers. Candidate shuffles in his chair, has no idea really. Professor tries to help: let's recall the definition of prime numbers. Let's talk about some examples. Etc etc. After 15 excruciating minutes, candidate summarizes progress thus: Professor, I now understand that all odd numbers are prime. But I still don't see why are there infinitely many...

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