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Mathematical joke. A mathematical joke is a form of humor which relies on aspects of mathematics or a stereotype of mathematicians. The humor may come from a pun, or from a double meaning of a mathematical term, or from a lay person's misunderstanding of a mathematical concept. Mathematician and author John Allen Paulos in his book Mathematics ...
Parsecs are used in astronomy to measure interstellar distances. A parsec is approximately 3.26 light-years or about 3.086×10 16 m (1.917×10 13 mi). Combining it with the "atto-" prefix (×10 −18) yields attoparsec (apc), a conveniently human-scaled unit of about 3.086 centimetres (1.215 in) that is used only humorously.
More specifically, I propose that we remove the calculator spelling jokes, and the phrases spelled with mathematical symbols jokes. Perhaps they belong in a separate article. --BostonMA 21:53, 28 September 2006 (UTC) Well, your proposals would certainly narrow the article's audience substantially. Wahkeenah 22:08, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
You butter believe it! My family told me to stop telling Thanksgiving jokes, but I said I couldn't quit cold turkey. Let's get basted. I just met you, and this is gravy, but here's my stuffing, so ...
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The misdirection in this riddle is in the second half of the description, where unrelated amounts are added together and the person to whom the riddle is posed assumes those amounts should add up to 30, and is then surprised when they do not — there is, in fact, no reason why the (10 − 1) × 3 + 2 = 29 sum should add up to 30.
Travelling Salesman, by director Timothy Lanzone, is the story of four mathematicians hired by the U.S. government to solve the most elusive problem in computer-science history: P vs. NP. [77] Solutions to the problem are used by mathematician Robert A. Bosch in a subgenre called TSP art.
The point of the anon (if I got it) is valid, I think. The article says: "The most common application of beghilos calculator spelling is done by students, often when bored during a mathematics lesson. The 'original' attributed example of calculator spelling, is 5318008, which when turned over spells "BOOBIES"."