Re: [MATHEDCC] Real world and negatives

Bruce Yoshiwara (byoshiwara@hotmail.com)
Mon, 15 Nov 1999 16:20:12 PST

I'm reminded of what Professor H. Enderton had posted outside his office at
UCLA. In large letters he had written "ARE YOU POSITIVE? (If so, raise
flap.)" On lifting the flap, you could read "Subtract 1 and lower flap."

>From: Helen Hancock <hhancock@ctc.edu>
<snip!>
>At one moment last week I was inclined to
>remind us if we, the mathematics faculty, do not seize the many
>opportunities to express a positive attitude
<snip!>

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too narrow to contain it." --Pierre de Fermat
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