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Post by madmadeline on Mar 29, 2015 22:37:48 GMT
Last year I got my eldest one of those amusing math pun mugs. The ones that say root(-1) 2-cubed capital Sigma 3.14.
Clearly it says i (I) ate (8) xxx pie(pi).
However, my sister and I are in disagreement about the middle of the sentence. Since in math, capital sigma indicates the sum of all that follows, then I say that the phrase reads I ate the sum of all the pie, or more succinctly, I ate all the pie.
Jessica insists that it says "I ate some pie."
I think she is silly and wrong.
Who is right?
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Post by Alvamiga on Mar 29, 2015 22:51:00 GMT
Maybe the confusion comes from 3.14 not being all the pi!
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Post by tangent on Mar 30, 2015 0:19:12 GMT
Last July, Deborah gave me a pi mug and I read it as "i eight sum pi." I would point out that and that's an awful lot of pie. It all depends how many sums you are taking.
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Post by jayme on Mar 30, 2015 1:11:05 GMT
I eight sum pi.
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Post by Alvamiga on Mar 30, 2015 10:58:24 GMT
I suppose if it's sum to infinity then that would be all the Pis.
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Post by Shake on Apr 5, 2015 23:13:15 GMT
This is how I read it (and I have a math degree, so ...)
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Post by jayme on Apr 6, 2015 3:08:04 GMT
This is how I read it (and I have a math degree, so ...) *feels all gloaty and full of smartz*
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Post by Shake on Apr 7, 2015 1:27:51 GMT
Nice job, Jayme!
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Post by jayme on Apr 7, 2015 12:40:18 GMT
*gloats sum more*
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