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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-08 03:32 PM
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I think I just violated the Hairy Ball theorem
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-08 03:33 PM
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1. Violating both the laws of physics and my mind's eye at the same time...
I'm a bit impressed.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-08 03:35 PM
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4. I told that to Stephen Hawking, and he got up and walked off
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-08 03:33 PM
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2. Damn
I thought this thread was gonna be about hot dogs and slim jims....:evilgrin:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-08 03:34 PM
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3. Mathporn!
Those picture quotes at the right:

A failed attempt to comb a hairy ball flat, leaving a tuft at each pole.

A hairy doughnut, on the other hand, is quite easily combable.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-08 03:40 PM
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5. Oooh nice one.
Sexy points for the math nerd topic, bonus sexy points for the double entenuondre. :D
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regularguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-08 03:42 PM
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6. Just prove the pumping lemma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumping_lemma

and call me in the morning...
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-08 03:49 PM
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8. Prove it?
It's a trivial application of Tits geometry.

http://arxiv.org/abs/0802.4394
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regularguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-08 03:51 PM
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9. More bird porn! Alerting!
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-08 03:44 PM
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7. Just hold onto some cummingtonite.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-08 04:18 PM
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10. I'm still trying to solve the Camel Toe Hypothesis.
Work, work, work.
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 02:11 PM
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11. Heh Heh. You said 'violated.'
:7
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 02:26 PM
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12. Use 4 spatial dimensions and get back to me in the morning.
Just don't comb your balls in all 4 dimensions. Stick with the 3 you were using.

Or get a cow to lick them.
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