Mathematicians Call It Trivial
"The difference between mathematicians and physicists is that after physicists prove a big result they think it is fantastic but after mathematicians prove a big result they think it is trivial" — Lucien Szpiro
A screenshot of a social media post quoting Lucien Szpiro about mathematicians and physicists. The joke contrasts physicists celebrating major discoveries with mathematicians dismissing equally major results as trivial, poking fun at mathematical understatement and rigor.
- @ithueti / 6684 2022-06-16
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- image
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- 800×509 · 63.4 KiB
- Mood
- sarcastic, intellectual
- Language
- en
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