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Math Jokes - click to reveal the punchline!

  1. What do you call a traveler whose itinerary includes Königsberg, Hanoi, and all of the counties of England? A combina-tourist!
  2. The numbers 6, 7, and 8 walk into a bar. After they've gotten to know each other, why was 6 afraid of 7? Well, out of the three of them, 7 was the mean value.
  3. How is living in Jersey City similar to dealing with a non-conservative force field? Work is PATH-dependent.
  4. What is a scientific computing expert's favorite subway service? The 4 train.

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Cool Links

  1. Math Genealogy Project: https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/
  2. Erdős Number Project: https://sites.google.com/oakland.edu/grossman/home/the-erdoes-number-project
  3. Paper model for the best polyhedron (don't @ me): https://www.polyhedra.net/en/model.php?name-en=rhombic-dodecahedron (This version does not have ideal tab locations for actually gluing this together. I may eventually put up my own version.)