NFR NFC >>>>>>2015

[A Guy Called Matt]

A word to the wise, Dee was a maths teacher before deciding she didn't need that shit any more. You are risking a geek storm if you start talking maths. You may find yourself being bombarded with "interesting" maths stuff. I am now going to dig in somewhere before she reads this. It is a form of public suicide and I should know better. Non religious funeral please....

I loved, and still do, maths - cos with maths it is right or wrong................. but

I can't remember how to do it now but you can even prove that 1 plus 1 equals 3

[mr gumby]

I studied maths too, as far as university, and I've never heard of Kaprekar numbers or aliquot sequences! Wonder if they have any practical use, or if they're just interesting patterns?

Anyway, fairly cl**dy here this morning, but with one or two blue patches appearing

[mr gumby]

I loved, and still do, maths - cos with maths it is right or wrong................. but

I can't remember how to do it now but you can even prove that 1 plus 1 equals 3

Let x=y.

x - y + y = y

x - y + y y

--------- = ---

x-y x-y

y y

1 + --- = ---

x-y x- y

1 = 0

Now we know that 1 = 1, so add the following three equations together:

1 = 0

1 = 1

1 = 1

Result:

3 = 1+1

Edit - bugger, can't get the letters to stay where I put them!

Edited April 30, 2015 by mr gumby

[A Guy Called Matt]

Let x=y.

x - y + y = y

x - y + y y

--------- = ---

x-y x-y

y y

1 + --- = ---

x-y x-y

1 = 0

Now we know that 1 = 1, so add the following three equations together:

1 = 0

1 = 1

1 = 1

Result:

3 = 1+1

Did you google that or did you just know it?

Thanks though - some people say I am mad and it is not possible. We now all know it is.

[A Guy Called Matt]

Do they still use logarithms look up books for sin, cosine etc or is that all on calculators now?

I remember my little blue book so well.

[lucyginger]

Morning!

I love that Al Wilson song too, thanks Thurlow!!

We had a supply maths teacher when I was at school for a bit, he was American and proved that 1+1 can equal 3. Everyone fancied him. I didnt. It was an all girls school. He had weird hair.

Anyhoo, morning! Busy today so back later!

CG- good luck with the furniture!!

[mr gumby]

Did you google that or did you just know it?

Thanks though - some people say I am mad and it is not possible. We now all know it is.

I knew there was a 'proof' that 1+1=3, but had to google for a reminder of the steps. Pretty obvious where it falls down really, but a bit of fun!

[A Guy Called Matt]

Poor Digger

NFR NFC has gone all maths on him.

My maths teacher was not just brilliant he was also cool with long hair and jeans. All the other teacher were 'proper'.

[A Guy Called Matt]

Quod Erat Demonstrandum

Q.E.D.

[Chazwozza]

Poor Digger

NFR NFC has gone all maths on him.

lol, as they say. I took a maths option in my 3rd yr as part of an engineering degree and have forgotten most of it. Sometimes things like dee's post (or Simon Singh's hugely enjoyable book, Mathematical Secrets of The Simpsons) trigger memories. That's what made me spark up on this topic.

I'll shut up now.

[A Guy Called Matt]

It is a mathematical certainty that we are under the weather.

[jeffie]

Tried to post one to Jeffie but the envelope failed.

Should have used cling film...

[jeffie]

Not many people know that...

Including me!

I also found out that It is a square pyramidal number (the sum of the squares of the integers 1 to 5) as well as a heptagonal number, and a centered nonagonal number.

In base 10, it is a Kaprekar number.

55 is a semiprime, being the product of 5 and 11 and it is the 2nd member of the (5.q) semiprime family. 55 is one of only two integers with an aliquot sum of 17 (the other being 39). 55 has an aliquot sequence of 4 members: (55, 17, 1, 0)

My brain hurts

[Guest]

It is not poor me. She will eventually see this and get all mathematical on your ass. You reap what you sow.

I do maths for engineering that uses real stuff, all this theoretical maths is just noise. Sounds like Charlie Brown's teacher to me "wahhh wahhh wahhh".

[A Guy Called Matt]

Sometimes things like dee's post (or Simon Singh's hugely enjoyable book, Mathematical Secrets of The Simpsons) trigger memories. That's what made me spark up on this topic.

I'll shut up now.

I absolutly agree - lots of old memories coming back....... though all the maths and stuff I was clever at have long since left me.

[A Guy Called Matt]

She will eventually see this and get all mathematical on your ass.

I now have pictures of equations written on my bottom in my mind!

[Guest]

Anyhooo. Back to making bread and painting things.

[mr gumby]

Poor Digger

NFR NFC has gone all maths on him.

My maths teacher was not just brilliant he was also cool with long hair and jeans. All the other teacher were 'proper'.

My maths teachers were all pretty nerdy, but they knew their stuff. My favourite teacher was my house tutor, who taught history and Latin. He was a good laugh. Another favourite was the young female French teacher. I always looked forward to the oral exams, but they never quite lived up to expectations.

[stuartbert two hats]

Do they still use logarithms look up books for sin, cosine etc or is that all on calculators now?

I remember my little blue book so well.

They've been using calculators for at least 25 years. Lord knows how they do it now, kids these days probably have a chip in their brain.

[Chazwozza]

It is not poor me. She will eventually see this and get all mathematical on your ass. You reap what you sow.

Sounds as though we'd better prepare ourselves for a bunch of hard ass, pipe hitting maths teachers, with pliers and blow torches, then...

[A Guy Called Matt]

My maths teachers were all pretty nerdy, but they knew their stuff. My favourite teacher was my house tutor, who taught history and Latin. He was a good laugh. Another favourite was the young female French teacher. I always looked forward to the oral exams, but they never quite lived up to expectations.

Finbarr sir

[A Guy Called Matt]

They've been using calculators for at least 25 years.

Eek - that makes me old then!!

[deebeedoobee]

Anyhooo. Back to making bread and painting things.

Whilst you still can..........................................

[mr gumby]

Whilst you still can..........................................

Oh-oh! Everybody hide!

[A Guy Called Matt]

Whilst you still can..........................................

Oh-oh! Everybody hide!

Is it safe to come out of hiding yet?