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Between Series, an Actress Became a Superstar (in Math)
The New York Times (via National Review's The Corner) ^
| 07/19/2005
| Kenneth Chang
Posted on 07/22/2005 12:02:04 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps
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To: exnavychick
she proved a new theorem Students don't much get into proofs until grad school. But once there, there are vast fields in math that have hardly been touched, which means boatloads of theorems in need of proof.
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posted on
07/22/2005 12:37:52 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Substance is essentially the relationship of accidents to itself)
To: Moral Hazard
Ok, first I am not an math major but when I thought about the problem I thought about my own sons' washing my car. The older one can wash it in 6 minutes and the younger in 8 minutes. They both start washing the car at the same time. Older son finishes his side in 3 minutes and younger in 4 minutes--are you suggesting that the boy who finishes his side first would begin to help wash his brother's side so they would finish in 3 and a half minutes instead of four? The car is not clean until both sides are done. Four minutes.
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posted on
07/22/2005 12:40:59 PM PDT
by
kmiller1k
(remain calm)
To: GreenLanternCorps
Man I love brainy chicks.
TS
(a high school math teacher)
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posted on
07/22/2005 12:41:52 PM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(When you're ready to have a mature discussion about the Green Lantern, you have my email address.)
To: TheBigB
A subject near & dear, eh?
64
posted on
07/22/2005 12:42:09 PM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(This ain't your granddaddy's America)
To: Lost Highway
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posted on
07/22/2005 12:42:39 PM PDT
by
tfecw
(Vote Democrat, It's easier than working)
To: RightWhale
It's still more than I could do on my best day! LOL
I never got past Intermediate Alegebra, in which I scraped a D-. This from someone with a math professor for an uncle! Obviously, I didn't inherit any math genes. :)
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posted on
07/22/2005 12:43:34 PM PDT
by
exnavychick
(There's too much youth; how about a fountain of smart?)
To: Constitution Day
Winnie Cooper was the only think that made the intro song bearable.
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posted on
07/22/2005 12:43:53 PM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(This ain't your granddaddy's America)
To: Fierce Allegiance
I just think it's interesting, considering his mondo-goofy persona on-screen. His fraternal twin, Michael, has cardiomyopathy. Ashton wanted to study medicine to try and find a treatment for him.
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posted on
07/22/2005 12:44:19 PM PDT
by
TheBigB
(How in the blue hell did Kelly Leak bat three times in the Astrodome?)
To: RightWhale
We were doing proofs my sophomore year of college...then again I dated a girl taking algebra 1 at a different school.
I helped her with fractions, unfortunately she wasn't much help with multi. variable calc :/
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posted on
07/22/2005 12:44:37 PM PDT
by
tfecw
(Vote Democrat, It's easier than working)
To: TheBigB
That's a good brother. My little bro became an attorney so he could kick my ass legally.
70
posted on
07/22/2005 12:45:08 PM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(This ain't your granddaddy's America)
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
True. And I realized that it says himself, but if Sam was short for Samantha, then it could take a while. And if she was wearing a white T-shirt, well, that's just gonna get wet somewhere along the way.
Unless Brian is Sam's older brother, in which case it'll be Sam's face that will get sprayed. And possibly her butt for good measure.
TS
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posted on
07/22/2005 12:45:44 PM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(When you're ready to have a mature discussion about the Green Lantern, you have my email address.)
To: Fierce Allegiance
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posted on
07/22/2005 12:46:49 PM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(I am the Sultan of Oom-Papa-Mow-Mow.)
To: tfecw
To: Fierce Allegiance
Of course, he did drop out to become a male model. So take it for what it's worth. ;o)
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posted on
07/22/2005 12:47:20 PM PDT
by
TheBigB
(How in the blue hell did Kelly Leak bat three times in the Astrodome?)
To: liberty2004
To: ThinkDifferent
I'd gladly examine her surface integrals.Not to mention osculating her planes.
To: Owl_Eagle
I'm begging to get a greater appreciation for math...
To: GreenLanternCorps
I waqtched that show for years when I was a kid just because of her.
Still not enough to make me watch West Wing, but it is close.
To: gopwinsin04
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posted on
07/22/2005 12:49:20 PM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(This ain't your granddaddy's America)
To: kmiller1k
are you suggesting that the boy who finishes his side first would begin to help wash his brother's side so they would finish in 3 and a half minutes instead of four? Exactly. These sorts of problems have a built-in assumption that the work can be divided with perfect efficiency (which is generally false in the real world, as others have noted). So the boy who does his half in 3 minutes starts working on what's left over on the other half at the same rate, and the slower boy ends up doing less than half.
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posted on
07/22/2005 12:50:23 PM PDT
by
ThinkDifferent
(These pretzels are making me thirsty)
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