Mathematics Patch Notes

Aug 24, 2010  
(via Spiked Math)
Patch Notes 1.02a
"Mathematics will never be the same."

Introducing Probability 2.0
  • Upgraded probability to include real numbers in the range from 0 to 2.
  • Switching in the monty hall problem is now the same as not switching.
  • Due to high demand, correlation now implies causation.

Graph Theory Features

  • Fixed glitch in the petersen graph so it is no longer a counter-example.
  • Support is no longer offered for hypergraphs.
  • Added a new color to the outdated 4-color theorem. We anticipate at least 7 colors available for planar graphs by patch 1.03.

Number Systems
  • Decimal notation will be phased out next patch. This should fix the long standing bug that 1 = 0.999...
  • Due to loneliness, the set of prime numbers now includes the number 1.
  • Complex numbers have been deemed no longer complex and will now be known as "easy numbers".

Proof Changes

  • Proof by "reference to inaccessible literature" is no longer accessible.
  • A new "proof by picture" widget has been added for mac users.

Miscellaneous

  • Support has been added to allow division by 0 fixing the wormhole bug.
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SMBC Venn diagram comic

Aug 4, 2010  
Thanks to Mattia for pointing out this excellent mathie SMBC comic (#1950):


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Funny math comics

Jul 27, 2010  
professor

(via Cy&H)

wake-up-fu

(via Unknown Source)
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Various math comics

Jul 26, 2010  
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More funny math comics

Jul 14, 2010  
comic-distance
(via Unknown Source)

xkcd-pain
(via xkcd)


math-days
(via Toothpaste for Dinner)
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Mathie SMBC Comics

Jul 8, 2010  
Two excellent SMBC comics:

smbc comic



smbc comic

(via SMBC)
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Calculator fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu

math fu


Homework fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu

math fu


Math problem fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu
 

math fu


Math class fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu

math fu

(via fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu subreddit)
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Alicia Yeargin has a few excellent pictures for the math geeks. The first one is computing the surface area of a cylindar *snicker snicker*

math cylindar penis surface area


The second one is a nice little comic about bias:


math bias comic

The third is something silly she wrote on her math test. She says:
"An actual picture of a MAT140 test I took. (At least the grader seemed mildly amused.)"

math test fail
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Thanks to 123zc1 for this Spiked Math parody comic!

spiked math parody
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Poisson Distribution

May 21, 2010  
2010-05-19-fishgraph luke surl


(via LukeSurl)
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Today's Spiked Math comic is:



Joke Explanation:


The joke lies in combining the Banach-Tarski paradox with a miracle that Jesus performed:

1. The Banach-Tarski paradox is a theorem that basically says a solid ball (in 3-dimensions) can be split into a finite number of non-overlapping pieces, which can then be put back together in a different way to yield TWO identical copies of the original ball. It doesn't work in 1 or 2-dimensions though. Wikipedia has a great picture of this:

banach tarski paradox


2. One of the miracles of Jesus was feeding the multitude. Basically the story has Jesus taking five (or seven) loaves and two fish and feeding thousands of people. Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, "he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children."
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apokalips


Check out more of Mike Gioia's comic at myapokalips.com, though this seems to be the only math related one.
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Penis Theorem??

Apr 29, 2010  
penis theorem
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counting


Check out "Oh You, Math!" for more silly comics like the above (the above one is my favorite ^_^).
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Maths rage

Apr 26, 2010  
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Silly graph about math jokes
math joke graph



Silly Comic About 0


dividing by 0 comic




Silly Rotation "Proof"
rotation proof


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College Exam ffffuuuuuu

Mar 24, 2010  
This reminds me of a few of my exams back in the day (via Reddit):

college university exam fffffuuuuuuu
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Wizards (abstruse goose)

Mar 23, 2010  


Good ol' topology :D
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The Flake Equation (xkcd)

Mar 23, 2010  


Has to do with the Drake equation, which is an equation to calculate the potential number of extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy.
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Peebles Lab

Mar 2, 2010  
peebles lab

I briefly talked about the webcomic Peebles Lab in an earlier post a long time ago, but not in its own post. Check it out if you haven't already.


peebles lab
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Win for math

Mar 2, 2010  
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I'm not being obtuse...

Feb 19, 2010  
cutie.jpg

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Mrs Green (comic)

Feb 17, 2010  
mrs-green.jpg


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more funny mathie CH

Feb 3, 2010  


Check out more of these comics at explosm.net.
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Best Abstruse Goose Ever

Feb 1, 2010  


I even bought the t-shirt!
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Funny mathie CH

Jan 30, 2010  


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Silly pun comic

Jan 29, 2010  
Not mathie but silly:



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fffffffuuuuuuuuu mathie

Jan 27, 2010  
Was that enough f's and u's?






And one from Spiked Math:


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Cyanide & Happiness Comic

Jan 17, 2010  
Cyanide & Happiness is a very popular webcomic written by four different people.

Cyanide and Happiness, a daily webcomic
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net


It's not a math comic but the above is the closest they got to having math in it ;-)
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xkcd self-description

Jan 13, 2010  
Today's xkcd was good:



But what really takes the cake is the following modification:



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xkcd's Monday comic was pretty good:

xkcd dimensional analysis


In case you are wondering, wolfram alpha formula here. (via the discussion on Reddit)
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The world of math humor lost an important contributor today. The creator of Brown Sharpie "kinda quits" and instead of entertaining us, would rather drink beer and play with fuzzy kitties. Arrg!

Brown Sharpie is/was one of my favorite comics (easily making my personal top 5 list). I wish Courtney all the best for her future endeavors, grad school, beer drinking, and kittie playing. I'm impressed with how long she lasted and hopefully after a short break she'll back with a brand new set of brown sharpies.

From the site:
"I quit (kinda)!
I've been thinking about it for awhile, and I have a lot of good reasons: I'm not having fun anymore, three times a week is too often, I'm not really all that funny, I'm not that much of an artist, my mom is starting to understand too much math because of this comic, etc. So for now, I've decided to let my Brown Sharpie pursue other hobbies while I focus on things that make me happy (like grad school! and beer! and fuzzy kitties!)."
brown sharpie
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You rock - You rule!

Dec 7, 2009  
you rock you rule
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Cool math art

Dec 4, 2009  
Ballistics_by_Minnhagen


Minnhagen on deviantart.com drew the picture above. I thought it was pretty cool looking :D
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Sine Flu

Nov 27, 2009  
Two excellent "Sine Flu" comics!! See below.

The first comes from LukeSurl.com. His comics are very good. I haven't read all of them yet, but it's one of the things on my to do list :D
 


The second is the popular Brown Sharpie. I love the Seinfeld twist! errr Sinefeld ;-)

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This Brown Sharpie comic is great :D



Just the other day, there was some math profs in the department talking about crafts and knitting. Apparently, they have their own little club and are meeting for craft night!! :-\
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For some reason, both xkcd and Abstruse Goose comics today were very entertaining to me!! Yay!



By the way, today's Abstruse Goose comic references one of my favorite movies (and I don't mean star wars! arrg). Check it out, hilarious! Here is a hint.
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1. the usual ghosts

It's a comic about life, science and ghosts. Sometimes has potty humor. Sometimes is geeky in the sciencey kind of way. Not very mathy though :-|, and doesn't seem to update often.

My favorite from that site (click to visit the site):

Another good one from "the usual ghosts":




2. Peebles Lab

Physics related webcomic. Very mathy. Also very good. I"ll probably write more about it in the future ^_^. Check out a sample below which starts a short series called the "Derivative Series". It's a fun read.

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Today's SMBC comic

Nov 16, 2009  
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal has a funny math comic today. Check it out:



Very nice motivation.
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Not From Concentrate is a webcomic that use to run daily in The Diamondback, the independent student newspaper of the University of Maryland, College Park. It is created by Thomas Dobrosielski. Unfortunately, the webcomic is no longer updated :-(

There is some math related strips and the BEST ones are:






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Check out this comic about math:


pi-color-cartoon-01.jpgIt's called Not So Humble Pi ... apparently the guy is going to be releasing a new batch of comics on November 1st, 2009, and will post one each day!
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xkcd comic - airports

Oct 19, 2009  
xkcd has a decent comic up today about airports... (decent in comparison to previous comics):
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Math Teachers at Play 17

Oct 18, 2009  
The mathrecreation blog just posted Math Teachers at Play 17 (well on Oct 15th, so I'm a few days late). You can find lots of humour (umm... or humor as they said on their site)... movies, activities, and MATH!! As quoted:
"There is plenty of humor, a few movies, some great activities and explorations, and lots of math in Math Teachers at Play 17. Hope you enjoy reading these as much as I did. Thanks to everyone who submitted posts or answered my requests to include their work."
Go check it out NOW and enjoy all the links, there is a lot of them so it should keep you busy for quite some time.
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I found this Brown Sharpie comic entertaining:

2009-10-05-rabbipriestphi.jpg
Check out more of Courtney Gibbons comic at brownsharpie.courtneygibbons.org
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Cat picture

Oct 3, 2009  
This is a cute picture :D

cat meow mu comic picture
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Today's spiked math comic isn't too shabby (idea by ma bro):

 condom math comic

As a mathematician, assumptions are things that come natural to us :D
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okay okay, but this one is very funny (at least to me)... units are great :D



I remember marking papers and on NUMEROUS occasions a student would write down such a bizzarro answer it made me LOL in real life!! One of these days i'll write a post dedicated to some of the hilarious "mistakes" i've seen.
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Funny (x,why?) comic

Sep 24, 2009  
I was going through the (x,why?) comic archives and this comic cracked me up:


It made me go to youtube to type in "needs more cowbell" but unfortunately I couldn't find a decent version of the SNL video. Fortunately, I found it on another video sharing site to satisfy my urges. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check out the wiki entry on "More cowbell".
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Abstruse goose had a funny comic titled
I won't ruin the punchline, but it starts off with an older looking mathematician trying to find a novel proof of the Poincare Conjecture. Check it out!
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There seems to be 80 comics made at the Polytopes website (links to comic archive). Some are pretty funny but I'll let you be the judge of that. The cast of characters are all polyhedra, with a couple of random ducks thrown in there.

Some of the jokes go right above my head. The most recent (#80) is basically an imitation of a popular comic called "Dinosaur comics" in which the creator uses the same image for each strip and just replaces the words.


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Yesterdays Spiked Math Comic:
the-prof-liked-xi
And I agree with the 360 post, Xi-over-Xi-bar would be the coolest fraction ever!
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I'm a math geek, so I enjoy reading the occasional comic strip that's math related. Here is my list of the top 10 webcomics/comics that I read on a regular basis:

1. Foxtrot - Surely, everyone knows this one. It occasionally has a lot of math humor but is currently on a Sunday only publication schedule.

2. xkcd - Updated every Mon, Wed, Fri, and a very popular webcomic online.

3. Abstruse Goose - Funny webcomic updated regularly, but often physics related as well.

4. Spiked Math - New daily webcomic in color (this should be on the top of the list since I created it ;-))
5. (x, why?) - A funny webcomic, and has over 350 comics published to date.

6. Brown Sharpie - Updated every Mon, Wed, Fri, and can be quite humorous.

7. Brightly Wound - Often contains physics and astronomy as well.

8. twisted pencil - Usually updated Tue/Thu and contains lots of puppets.

9. mathTICS - Usually has some pretty funny strips. Not sure if the author is as active right now and the archive only has the first 100 strips.

10. Indexed - Interesting concept. Mostly consists of venn diagrams and graphs.
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Today's Spiked Math comic is about Brownian motion:

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This new webcomic is called Spiked Math. It's all about math too! Today's comic is:


For those of you who miss the point, the above comic has to do with the Fibonacci sequence :-D

You can check out the ?funny? Spiked Math comics at SpikedMath.com.
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mathTICS Image


mathTICS is a collection of mathematical comics and cartoons. It was created by Dominik Zeillinger and you can check out the comic archive at:
http://www.mathtics.doze.at/texts/mathTICs-search.html
There is over 100 entertaining comics located there, and some are quite funny. It seems this started back in 2004ish and is still being updated :-)

wink
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(x, why?) Comics is a geeky and hilarious comic about math. It is created by Chris Burke, a high school math teacher in New York as well as a part-time writer, and a fan of science-fiction / fantasy books and films. He started making his own math webcomic totally by accident as a way of amusing his students and trying to make them think just a little bit more.

You can check out over 300 geeky comics at: xwhy.comicgenesis.com
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