The hairy ball theorem

[DoesntMatter]

Probably the funniest named theorem I've ever encountered in a math course

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_ball_theorem[/url]

[Gigabitch]

I snickered.

[Charlie Boy II]

DM what's this new posting style of yours? To create hundreds of obscure threads, and post in no other threads but your own. Is it some kind of forum take over?

[DoesntMatter]

You're pretty much spot on about that. I wanted to still be part of LF but didn't want it to take up as much time. It was a conscious decision. So I make some threads about odd topics and try to stick to those threads or other similarly styled ones, and avoid any kind of commitment to an argument or a real discussion

So I'm still active here, because I like to post, but can spend less time

[bluesummer]

I think the funniest part was the revelation that a hairy DONUT was, indeed, combable.

Who thinks up this shit?

[Lipp]

Let's all go up to a bakery and ask for combable hairy pretzels.

[bluesummer]

So we can't comb them then. Pity.

[IndiReloaded]

I think the funniest part was the revelation that a hairy DONUT was, indeed, combable.

Who thinks up this shit?

People like my husband. They look at everyday objects and think of equations for edges, angles, etc. Flower petals or leaves are series of numbers (Fibonacci), that kind of thing. We had a 2 hour car conversation about these amazing double/triple rainbows we once saw. Not 'oooh, pretty colours'; but how they might be formed and explained mathematically. Mathematicians are really differently clued.

That is really cute, DM. I'll have to ask about combing his hairy balls.

[Mish]

My condolences Indi

[IndiReloaded]

It wasn't a complaint. Did it sound like one?

[bluesummer]

I'm SO glad my mind doesn't work like this.

[IndiReloaded]

Trust me, its very useful when one is doing house renos & needs to calculate the load on a structural beam before it comes out.

And to think that I'm the one who balances the books at home. Imagine that.

Mish, you mean you don't look at the world and see the Matrix Code all around you?

[Mish]

It wasn't a complaint. Did it sound like one?

Kinda. Plus I tried to imagine how interesting life would be with someone who uses mathematics as an appropriate medium to explain every day objects and phenomenon in life.