An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar....
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wrote on 30 Apr 2020, 22:30 last edited by jon-nyc
The first one orders a beer.
The second one says 'I'll have half of what he ordered.'
The third says 'and I'll have half of what he ordered', pointing to the second guy.
The fourth says 'and I'l have half of what he ordered', pointing to the third.
And so on.So the bartender pours two beers and says 'know your limits!'
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wrote on 30 Apr 2020, 22:35 last edited by
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wrote on 1 May 2020, 07:08 last edited by
An infinite but countable number of mathematicians occupy all beds in a hotel with infinite beds.
Can they fit in another mathematician? Or even multiple? Or even infinite?
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An infinite but countable number of mathematicians occupy all beds in a hotel with infinite beds.
Can they fit in another mathematician? Or even multiple? Or even infinite?
wrote on 1 May 2020, 11:56 last edited by@Klaus said in An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar....:
An infinite but countable number of COVID-19 stricken, severely symptomatic mathematicians occupy all ICU beds in a hospital with infinite ICU beds.
Can they fit in another COVID-19 stricken, severely symptomatic mathematician? Or even multiple? Or even infinite?
FIFY.
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An infinite but countable number of mathematicians occupy all beds in a hotel with infinite beds.
Can they fit in another mathematician? Or even multiple? Or even infinite?
wrote on 1 May 2020, 13:24 last edited by@Klaus said in An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar....:
An infinite but countable number of mathematicians occupy all beds in a hotel with infinite beds.
Can they fit in another mathematician? Or even multiple? Or even infinite?
I suppose it would be too far fetched to consider the idea of a mathematician sharing a bed with somebody else.
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wrote on 1 May 2020, 14:40 last edited by
Is that the point of the phrase 'mathematically impossible'?
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wrote on 1 May 2020, 14:47 last edited by Doctor Phibes 5 Jan 2020, 14:48
I think the more accurate terminology is 'possible, but extremely improbable'.
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wrote on 1 May 2020, 15:53 last edited by