Diophantus of Alexandria

St. Andrews University ^ | 18 Nov 03 | J J O'Connor and E F Robertson

[.cnI redruM]

Well, well, well, if Fermat could posit his theorems with mathematical texts whose origins predated the Arabs, this is like Liebnitz being able to mathematically discuss 'Motus" and 'Ponens' without reference to Sir Isaac Newton....hmmm...

[talleyman]

One such lemma is that the difference of the cubes of two rational numbers is equal to the sum of the cubes of two other rational numbers, i.e. given any numbers a, b then there exist numbers c, d such that a3 - b3 = c3 + d3.

If you put two lemmas together, do you get a dilemma?

[.cnI redruM]

You say lemma, I say llama, whatever...;)

[talleyman]

P.S. What do you get when you cross a mathemetician with a monk ?

A Dali lemma...

(couldn't help it.. it's a sickness...)

[.cnI redruM]

What happens when a Mathematician takes a part time job at Subway?

You get a Deli-lemma

[bert]

....Liebnitz....

Do I detect the presence of a Larouchean?

[talleyman]

This is actually very interesting - just had to get the other stuff out of the way first. Bump!

[.cnI redruM]

Not if you mean Lyndon Larouche. Although he'd have made a better president than Lyndon Johnson.

[.cnI redruM]

It was fun. BTW. What does E= after the AMT. Or is it relative to something else?

[RightWhale]

If you put two lemmas together, do you get a dilemma?

If you lack a basic norm, otherwise, yes, you can get a normative proposition.

[Doctor Stochastic]

What do you get when you cross an elephant with a giraffe? Elephant * Giraffe * Sine(Theata).

What do you get when you cross an elephant with a mountain climber? Not possible. A mountain climber is a scaler.

What do you get when you cross an elephant with a rhinocerous? Elifno.

[DrNo]

If you put two lemmas together, do you get a dilemma?

Eggszactly!!

As I understand it, it means two ways or two ditections.

I'll see your dilemma and raise you an analemma!

[talleyman]

BTW. What does E= after the AMT. Or is it relative to something else?

After deduction & credit phase-out's, depreciation recapture, penalty, gratuity, shipping & handling, "E after AMT" = "State Grabbable Income". (Yes, it's relative to the number of the politicians' relatives on the payroll.)

[talleyman]

If you lack a basic norm, otherwise, yes, you can get a normative proposition.

I try not to hang out in those kinds of places anymore...

[.cnI redruM]

Wow! And I thought the Lorentz contraction was a pain.

[talleyman]

I'll see your dilemma and raise you an analemma!

I fold. (I was trying to draw to an inside infinity.)

[DrNo]

I try not to hang out in those kinds of places anymore...

You mean Cheers?

Wasn't that where Norm Ative hung out with Cliff Clavin?

[warchild9]

I was made to understand that "dilemma" was derived from grabbing the two horns of a mad bull. You can hang on to both, but letting go of either invited disaster.
Similarly: an unresolvable problem.

[headsonpikes]

I always thought that 'Diaphanous Equations' were a new line from Victoria's Secret.

[talleyman]

LOL! This is too much fun - I gotta get back to work. Thanks for the break!