[math-fun] If the chairman is now the "chair"
is the boatman now the boat? The boatperson? Actual puzzle: What is the order of the symmetry group for "chair" cyclohexane? http://gosper.org/chair.pdf (or .nb) shows why "chair" is a terrible name for this. --rwg Apropos "correct" language, somebody should tell that Cellular Automata guy that the term "Garden of Eden" has Judaeo-Christian connotations that some of us may find offensive. He should consider "Recovering Fruit-of-Knowledge Taste Test Support Environment."
On 5/23/10, Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:
is the boatman now the boat? The boatperson? Actual puzzle: What is the order of the symmetry group for "chair" cyclohexane? http://gosper.org/chair.pdf (or .nb) shows why "chair" is a terrible name for this. --rwg Apropos "correct" language, somebody should tell that Cellular Automata guy that the term "Garden of Eden" has Judaeo-Christian connotations that some of us may find offensive. He should consider "Recovering Fruit-of-Knowledge Taste Test Support Environment."
And while we're at it, where did I recently come across some other troublemaker asking whether Adam and Eve had navels ? [No, not Gerard Hoffnung --- that was about needing somewhere to put the salt while one eats celery in bed.] WFL
On Sun, 23 May 2010, Fred lunnon wrote:
On 5/23/10, Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:
is the boatman now the boat? The boatperson? Actual puzzle: What is the
Just the place for a snark!
And while we're at it, where did I recently come across some other troublemaker asking whether Adam and Eve had navels ?
I think it's traditionally an apple, not an orange.
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