Monday, March 15, 2010

MIT makes a maths joke

Greg Mankiw, a professor of economics at Harvard University, blogs (Sunday there in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Monday here in Cambridge, New Zealand) that:
MIT releases its undergraduate admission decisions at 1:59 pm today. (That is, at 3.14159).
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3 comments:

  1. Dave HillierMarch 18, 2010 at 2:08 PM

    There should be a pi chart to go with this.

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  2. Stephen StratfordMarch 23, 2010 at 4:20 PM

    Well done. It did take me a moment to recognise the number.

    What I'd like to see is a joke about Avogadro's number, the other constant I remember, but I suspect I'll be waiting a while.

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  3. Robert Smith (no not that one)March 23, 2010 at 5:33 PM

    It might involve guacamole.

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