Eff Yeah, Math Major Sloth

because number people need a meme too! this is run by Peggy, who is in Honors Statistics and loves math.

[pegghettii]

i wrote a hermit thrush tweet on the math lounge blackboard and ppl love it

[mathmajorsloth]

PUN

[mathmajorsloth]

Hi everyone! Faithful followers who have stuck around after a few postless years: thank you and good for you!

For the record, I am not planning on reviving this blog as a math meme thing. I might use it to post fun math things, who knows, though some of that does still make its way onto my personal blog. I still love math! A lot! More than ever, really: I made this blog when I was in my first year of a Statistics degree, and after a lil switch I'm now wrapping up the third year of a BSc specialization in Math. very fun.

anyways! thanks for your support, hello, and keep doing them maths.

[void-set]

I was on a roll.

[mathmajorsloth]

submission from Elle, who says:  Facebook asks for verification posting an Eff Yeah, Math Major Sloth link... I see what you did there... ;)

ha, love this! thanks for sharing though, for sure :)

[jenlersadnie-deactivated2016121]

I couldn’t help myself.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroelongated_pentagonal_birotunda)

[mathmajorsloth]

:)  submission from bassjunky

[quantumaniac]

Actual Definitions of Commonly Confused Mathematical Terms

[mathmajorsloth]

motherfunctions:

quantumaniac:

CLEARLY: I don’t want to write down all the in-between steps.

TRIVIAL: If I have to show you how to do this, you’re in the wrong class.

OBVIOUSLY: I hope you weren’t sleeping when we discussed this earlier, because I refuse to repeat it.

RECALL: I shouldn’t have to tell you this, but for those of you who erase your memory tapes after every test, here it is again.

WITHOUT LOSS OF GENERALITY: I’m not about to do all the possible cases, so I’ll do one and let you figure out the rest.

ONE MAY SHOW: One did, his name was Gauss.

IT IS WELL KNOWN: See “Mathematische Zeitschrift”, vol XXXVI, 1892.

CHECK FOR YOURSELF: This is the boring part of the proof, so you can do it on your own time.

SKETCH OF A PROOF: I couldn’t verify the details, so I’ll break it down into parts I couldn’t prove.

FINALLY: Only ten more steps to go.

PROOF OMITTED: Trust me, it’s true.

THIS. I haaate it when my profs say ‘clearly’ :( 

it’s like

YOU HAVE A PHD, OF COURSE THIS IS CLEAR TO YOU.

one of my textbooks actually uses "OBVIOUSLY" a whole lot and it makes me feel dumb when I am like "wait how the EFF is this obvious I don't get it" :(

[mathmajorsloth]

[Picture: Background: 6 piece pie style color split with pink and blue alternating. Foreground: Grey sloth lounging about. Top text: “Applying to grad school for next year” Bottom text: “So excited to read your old textbooks all year in preparation”]

submission from mathandcello

[jenlersadnie-deactivated2016121]

He looked me in the eyes, got down on one knee, and pulled out a little black box. When he opened it, I saw it. It was beautiful. The integers.

[mathmajorsloth]

submission from sh-e-l-ley, who says:

I drew this on my ti-84 during math class today.

[mathmajorsloth]

Maybe this is just me? [Picture: Background: 6 piece pie style color split with pink and blue alternating. Foreground: Grey sloth lounging about. Top text: “Finish assignment” Bottom text: “eraser dust everywhere!”]

submitted by intothecontinuum 

And no- it definitely isn't just you, though I do personally prefer the "kill thousands of trees by just crossing things out and starting new pages" approach :/

[mathmajorsloth]

[Picture: Background: 6 piece pie style color split with pink and blue alternating. Foreground: Grey sloth lounging about. Top text: “Should've majored in computer science” Bottom text: “still wouldn't get laid but would at least make more money”]

A++ submission by intothecontinuum 

[mathmajorsloth]

Sorry there is no video of my interpretive dance. I have all the moves down still so I might try to do a repeat performance in my living room.

Awwww :( it is okay though, A++ for effort, srsly

[mathmajorsloth]

[Picture: Background: 6 piece pie style color split with pink and blue alternating. Foreground: Grey sloth lounging about. Top text: “So excited about defending thesis” Bottom text: “Create accompanying interpretive dance of your results”]

submission from mathandcello

(video plz??)

[mathmajorsloth]

The day Borwein got trolled by sinc(x).

submission from emperorpenguin

[mathmajorsloth]

[...] Mathematics is buried deep in the very fabric of who we are. It is an activity that helps define us. If the day arrives that we travel to a distant solar system and visit other intelligent beings, they may ask "Who are you?" We will say with pride, "We are the counters; we know numbers."

from The Mathematical Traveler by Calvin C. Clawson

[infiniteswagxo-blog]

[mathmajorsloth]

misohead:

-mademoisellenobs-:

cappitak:

JESUS CHRIST. I SNORTED

LMFAO!!!!!

Even as a math major that looks nightmarish. I DO NOT LIKE HORRID COMPUTATIONAL PROBLEMS WITH RIDICULOUS NUMBERS