Mathematics

The problem is that some people don't see that they behave in such a ghastly way. Not even if you'd punch them in the face with it.

@Asaf: Clearly you're the set theory pimp... :P

No, you should learn set theory.

(Reminds me of that seedy little photo shop I saw: "shoot your friends and frame your parents")

Well, the more experienced you get, the more you answer your own questions...

Okay, it's the purpose of this site to answer questions, but I think trying to get people to think and figure it out by themselves is much more valuable than having an answer.

No, "vector" and "arbitrary vector" :-P

Dogs + cars = happy.

Sorry to be annoying, but does anyone here play minecraft and is free at 7 UTC today?

@RajeshD he may be a good mathematician, but from his comments, he doesn't sound very good to have as an advisor.

@RajeshD My usual way to treat such situations is to start with hypothesis that he is half-right and half-wrong

@JM whatever ) I was always wishing that the wolf wins

Never name stuff after yourself. Also he invented them.

@QED 9900 and that's not an emoticon, that's reputation. smth which measures you here

i want it planar

J. M. = Jedi Master!

now I have to toss this stupid math aside and watch anime until I pass out 8)

@AlexeiAverchenko try to relax, my friend and think about pussycats playing on the grass

"Why do mathematicians absolutely hate ravioli?"

@SrivatsanNarayanan I don't know. You need not be, if you ask a well-thought out and well-crafted question the worst that can happen is that people tell you, okay maybe this is a bit elementary, although elementary depends on the field. Ask something simple in topology or analysis and people will respond. Ask something simple in commutative algebra and people will tear you to pieces...

@AsafKaragila I hear proofs are terrible substitutes for sleep. Is it true after all?

Colorful guy, that tb. And he blames his IP address for that.

@JM though if you leave I will lose much more from the lack of you in this chat, than from the rep you gave me with upvotes

@tb : Hah, I didn't remember my own question there.

So probably you're right after all, *grumble*

I have plenty of stars left.

Remove the stars, so it won't be on that list.

@Asaf: Well, you have to be somewhat morbid to like the AoC that much, don't you :P

Arturo is perhaps the most important reason I believe in a rep cap.

I wish I can star KCd's blurbs.

but then again, you could say there's no such thing as 'overuse of algebra', and you'd be right, too!

It can be slightly frustrating that easier questions get much more votes. But, there are people that spend a lot more time than me on long (and complicated) posts and still don't get many votes.

When others named @anon get pinged it goes in my inbox too.

Speaking of witch... three witches watch three watches. Which witch watch which watch?

boobs have a nice saddle point

"talk with their entire body" - how do you describe infinite sets with your entire body? :)

Well, if all you eat is catfish for instance, you have a point in complaining about blandness...

e a c h l e t t e r w a s t a k i n g f o r e v e r

back in my homological algebra days I used "xymatrix" in the xypic (or xy) package. I haven't tried using tikz for commutative diagrams, but I use it all the time for pictures

@robjohn Murky? I fear not the command line. (Asaf 2011)

@JonasTeuwen: we tried to figure out what was the reason for you to skip the lunch and decided that there are no such reasons, so shame on you

that grass was greener, the light was brighter. with friends surrounded, nights of wonder

@robjohn: I tend not to upvote such answers, there are enough people who do.

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle: when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

Wow, that's the first time I've been accused of being funny.

Above all, our theory explains why simplicity is so highly desirable. To understand this there is no need for us to assume a ‘principle of economy of thought’ or anything of the kind. Simple statements, if knowledge is our object, are to be prized more highly than less simple ones because they tell us more; because their empirical content is greater; and because they are better testable. Karl Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1959), 43. Simplicity and degree of falsifiability. P. 142

If you've taken out most of the usual periodic functions out of commission, then what in this green earth are you going to build your appproximants from?

@robjohn: that's probably because it is ornamented with an Orn- and and Uhlenbeck too much

@tb: Now I'm adding bibliography to other people's posts too... shame on you :-)