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Today I am a mathematician

I have made my first (and, I expect, last) contribution to the Sarong Theorem Archive, the only public repository of images of people proving theorems while wearing sarongs. I encourage all of you to contribute as well to this important archive. Thanks to Daniel Gottesman for the photography (and the use of his office), Karp and Lipton for the theorem, and Kelly Itakura for the sarong.

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11 Responses to “Today I am a mathematician”

  1. Anonymous Says:
    Comment #1 March 8th, 2006 at 1:23 pm

    Are you sure that’s not the “So-wrong” Theorem Archive (and I’m not referring to what is on the blackboard 🙂 )? Blue is just not your color. But nice picture.

  2. Scott Says:
    Comment #2 March 8th, 2006 at 1:55 pm

    I like blue.

  3. Dave Bacon Says:
    Comment #3 March 8th, 2006 at 2:03 pm

    Holy moly that picture is either (1) the worst advertisement for becoming a mathematician or (2) the best advertisement for becoming a mathematician. I suspect that mathematicians will argue (2) while non-mathematicians will argue (1). 😉

  4. Scott Says:
    Comment #4 March 8th, 2006 at 2:23 pm

    Dave: The best argument for becoming a mathematician is that mathematicians are less likely than physicists to make arguments of the form “No Borg, no threshold” 😉

  5. Joseirs Says:
    Comment #5 March 8th, 2006 at 4:43 pm

    Hey, the design of the sarong is a hyperfractal!

  6. scerir Says:
    Comment #6 March 8th, 2006 at 6:19 pm

    There are mathematicians wearing a ‘tutu’. The theorem here should be Gelfand’s representation theorem. In Gelfand’s words: ‘How can we know the dancer from the dance?’
    http://math.berkeley.edu/~ari/artintutu.jpg

  7. mick Says:
    Comment #7 March 9th, 2006 at 3:17 am

    I so totally have a new goal in life…

  8. Anonymous Says:
    Comment #8 March 9th, 2006 at 4:24 am

    Excellent, Scott!

    Soon you will be ready for your next step on the path towards enlightenment: the “Summarize Proust in 15 seconds” competition, where each contestant has to give a brief summary of Proust’s ‘A La Recherche du Temps Perdu’, once in a swimsuit and once in evening dress (c/o Monty Python)
    http://orangecow.org/pythonet/
    sketches/proust.htm

    — Ronald de Wolf

  9. Anonymous Says:
    Comment #9 March 9th, 2006 at 2:56 pm

    Scott, you should participate here:
    http://www.lulublookerprize.com/

  10. Anonymous Says:
    Comment #10 March 10th, 2006 at 12:06 am

    Jeez, man, you really need to start working out.

  11. Scott Says:
    Comment #11 March 10th, 2006 at 12:41 am

    Ronald: I knew I’d get you to comment eventually!

    Not having read A La Recherche du Temps Perdu, I fear my summary of it would go something like, “Oooh, bonjour, I’m Marcel Proust! La-de-da!”