u/CantorFunction

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What are your favourite mathematical "quips"?

I don't really mean math jokes, more the little witticisms we've all picked up over time. My two favourites are:

  • "Proof by intimidation", which I first heard from one of my professors after an especially bewildering set of arguments from an outside speaker at a seminar
  • "Mathematics is locally trivial", which I first heard from my functional analysis professor and have always found a little comforting ever since

Puns also welcome of course :)

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u/CantorFunction — 4 days ago