Maths joke (groan now to save time after reading)

[Angilion]

An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second orders half a beer. The third, a quarter of a beer. The fourth, one-eighth of a beer. The fifth, one-sixteenth of a beer. The sixth...

The bartender says "You're all idiots", and pours two beers.

 

[Raikiri]

 

[Lightnix]

Number 2 has a cold sore and ruins it for everybody else.

 

[PGdude]

One of my friends just told me this one the other day. Where the hell is that atrocity from?

 

[Killerkebab]

One of my friends just told me this one the other day. Where the hell is that atrocity from?

All you need to know is this:

As calculated by Wolfram Alpha, here: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=sum+(1/2^(n-1))+from+n+=+1+to+inf

 

[Cold_And_Miserable]

An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second orders half a beer. The third, a quarter of a beer. The fourth, one-eighth of a beer. The fifth, one-sixteenth of a beer. The sixth...

The bartender says "You're all idiots", and pours two beers.

Reminds me of the harmonic series: 1 + 1/2 + 1/3 ... 1/n

 

[NickK]

Is 0.9999 recurring equal to 1?

I believe that innocent question lead OcUK into a large heated thread

 

[Inquisitor]

Let ε ≪ 0.

 

[Cosimo]

What is the first derivative of a cow?
A prime rib.

Old mathematicians never die, they just lose some of their functions.

Takes slide rule and leaves.......

 

[Inquisitor]

A Neanderthal child rode to school with a boy from Hamilton. When his mother found out she said, "What did I tell you? If you commute with a Hamiltonian you'll never evolve!"

 

[Inquisitor]

Q: Why did the mathematician name his dog "Cauchy"?
A: Because he left a residue at every pole.

 

[p4radox]

A flight to Warsaw crashed unexpectedly. The accident investigation found out that shortly before he lost control the pilot had said over the intercom "Out of the right hand windows you can see a beautiful view of Warsaw". All the poles went to the right half of the plane and it lost stability.