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Q: Why do mathematicians, after a dinner at a Chinese restaurant, always insist on taking the leftovers home?
 
Q: Why do mathematicians, after a dinner at a Chinese restaurant, always insist on taking the leftovers home?
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A: Because they know the Chinese remainder theorem!
 
A: Because they know the Chinese remainder theorem!
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Q: What does a mathematician present to his fiancée when he wants to propose?
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A: A polynomial ring!

Latest revision as of 15:46, 7 December 2008

http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~runde/jokes.html Some of these are pretty funny -Herr-


A carpool is a group of people who commute with each other. Therefore, a carpool is an Abelian group. -Kyle-


What do you call someone who's afraid of abstract albegra?

Homomorphicphobic


An infinite crowd of mathematicians enters a bar. The first one orders a pint, the second one a half pint, the third one a quarter pint... "I understand", says the bartender - and pours two pints.


Q: Why do mathematicians, after a dinner at a Chinese restaurant, always insist on taking the leftovers home?

A: Because they know the Chinese remainder theorem!


Q: What does a mathematician present to his fiancée when he wants to propose?

A: A polynomial ring!

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Abstract algebra continues the conceptual developments of linear algebra, on an even grander scale.

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