Dave Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 Yeah, he got you pretty good there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevem Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 He did indeed. One must be more careful in stating results; I should have said that Theorem n! is even for all integers n > 1 Oh and, this is for Dave's benefit, the proof was thought up in the old Maths Institute at Warwick before Ian Stewart showed us how to do maths humour properly in a magazine called Manifold. If there are any still lying around somewhere at Warwick they are worth reading. My favourite cartoon in that magazine had a picture like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevem Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 Just realised that you can get an anthology of Manifold in: Seven Years of Manifold: 1968-80 Ian Stewart (Editor), John Jaworski (Editor) Publisher: Shiva Pub, Nantwich ISBN: 0906812070 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 My favourite cartoon in that magazine had a picture like this I don't know what's worse - the fact that I found that very amusing, or the fact that I want to read more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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