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Posted 1.6.12 :: 8:48PM :: MathsUpMySleeve
Help!

I'm in need of some mathematical comedic relief!

A certain regular BBS member seems enamoured with Matt Parker (standupmaths). Are there additional noteworthy resources for math-based humor?
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Posted 1.6.12 :: 9:07PM ::
Read this!

Or at least read the bits of it which consist of lists of mathematical jokes.

LukeSurl.com has some good maths jokes on it, but I think you're already aware of those.

Matt Parker has been very funny every time I've seen him.
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Posted 1.7.12 :: 4:48PM ::
aceupmysleeve wrote:
Read this!
I knew I could count on you :)
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Posted 6.14.13 :: 12:51PM ::
I found this page with a lot of links to funny papers mostly relating to theoretical computer science: http://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/3111/funny-tcs-related-papers-etc

Here are some highlights:

'Lower Bounds for Probably-istic Polynomial Time'
http://web.archive.org/web/20080516195038/http://cs-people.bu.edu/charlton/probpt.pdf

'The Complexity of Songs' (by Don Knuth, who seems to have written a lot of funny papers... also I saw him talk a few weeks ago which was cool, and he made a few jokes in person as well)
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=358042&bnc=1

Another Knuth one: The Toilet Paper Problem
http://gi.cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de/teaching/2007summer/jclub/papers/toiletPaper.pdf

Generalizing Overloading for C++2000 (I didn't find this on the above link but I found it as a result of searches that followed... it's amusing):
http://www.stroustrup.com/whitespace98.pdf

Most are best scanned, rather than read thoroughly, unless you feel like having a truly intellectual snicker.
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Posted 6.14.13 :: 6:41PM ::
Wicked! This will make my maths-nerd friend very happy!
And I love it too :)
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Posted 6.16.13 :: 9:37AM ::
aceupmysleeve wrote:
Generalizing Overloading for C++2000 (I didn't find this on the above link but I found it as a result of searches that followed... it's amusing):
http://www.stroustrup.com/whitespace98.pdf
I wonder how many people read all the way to the end (and saw the "April Fools") before realizing it was a joke.
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