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**OLDBLUE** · 03-22-2023, 12:58 PM

How many mathematicians does it take to screw-in a lightbulb?

**sportdawg** · 03-22-2023, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by OLDBLUE

How many mathematicians does it take to screw-in a lightbulb?

according to my google search:

It only takes one mathematician to screw in a light bulb.
Proof:
Let the “bulb screwing number” $N_{p}$ of a profession $p$ , be the minimum number of people of profession $p$ that must be assembled to screw in a light bulb. For any pair of professions $p_{a}$ and $p_{b}$ with $p_{a} \ne p_{b}$ and $N_{p_{b}}$ finite, there exists a “hiring” operation such that any one person of profession $p_{a}$ can hire a collection of size $N_{p_{b}}$ of appropriate people of profession $p_{b}$ such that the collection of such people can screw in a light bulb. By the transitive property of light bulb screwing with respect to hiring, a single member of profession $p_{a}$ can screw in a light bulb by hiring $N_{p_{b}}$ people of profession $p_{b}$ and therefore, so long as there exists a profession $p_{b} \ne p_{a}$ with finite bulb screwing number, the existence of this hiring operation implies that the bulb screwing number $N_{p_{a}}$ of $p_{a}$ is at most 1. But, since we know there exists at least one light bulb that has been screwed in by at least one person of some non-mathematician profession, and there has only ever been a finite number of people, there must exist some other profession with finite bulb screwing number, so the bulb screwing number for mathematicians is 1. QED

**OLDBLUE** · 03-22-2023, 08:05 PM

Very good ��

**sportdawg** · 03-23-2023, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by OLDBLUE

Very good ��

Another way is 1 mathematician, but he'd need several grad assistants to help.

**70TECHGRAD** · 04-03-2023, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by sportdawg

according to my google search:

It only takes one mathematician to screw in a light bulb.
Proof:
Let the “bulb screwing number” $N_{p}$ of a profession $p$ , be the minimum number of people of profession $p$ that must be assembled to screw in a light bulb. For any pair of professions $p_{a}$ and $p_{b}$ with $p_{a} \ne p_{b}$ and $N_{p_{b}}$ finite, there exists a “hiring” operation such that any one person of profession $p_{a}$ can hire a collection of size $N_{p_{b}}$ of appropriate people of profession $p_{b}$ such that the collection of such people can screw in a light bulb. By the transitive property of light bulb screwing with respect to hiring, a single member of profession $p_{a}$ can screw in a light bulb by hiring $N_{p_{b}}$ people of profession $p_{b}$ and therefore, so long as there exists a profession $p_{b} \ne p_{a}$ with finite bulb screwing number, the existence of this hiring operation implies that the bulb screwing number $N_{p_{a}}$ of $p_{a}$ is at most 1. But, since we know there exists at least one light bulb that has been screwed in by at least one person of some non-mathematician profession, and there has only ever been a finite number of people, there must exist some other profession with finite bulb screwing number, so the bulb screwing number for mathematicians is 1. QED

Excellent deduction!!!

**OLDBLUE** · 04-05-2023, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD

Excellent deduction!!!

You followed that huh 70...

Pie are not so square after all

**OLDBLUE** · 04-05-2023, 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by OLDBLUE

You followed that huh 70...

Pie are not so square after all

Its "exponential"

**OLDBLUE** · 04-05-2023, 07:50 PM

What if the "poly" has only 2 faces....like politicians. (Deep thought.....

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**Tech77** · 04-22-2023, 05:37 PM

Anybody remember Pisa Pizza right next to campus? I loved that place. Pinball, pizza and muffuletta sandwiches.

**LABulldog** · 04-22-2023, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by Tech77

Anybody remember Pisa Pizza right next to campus? I loved that place. Pinball, pizza and muffuletta sandwiches.

Was it located across from Bogard and Nethkin Hall on the corner, behind the location of the original Johnny's?

**OLDBLUE** · 04-23-2023, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by LABulldog

Was it located across from Bogard and Nethkin Hall on the corner, behind the location of the original Johnny's?

I only remember they delivered

**WWDog** · 04-23-2023, 08:41 PM

Best muffuletta I ever had!

**JuBru** · 04-23-2023, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by LABulldog

Was it located across from Bogard and Nethkin Hall on the corner, behind the location of the original Johnny's?

Johnny's wasn't always at it's current Tech Dr/Cooktown Rd location?

**Dawgpix** · 04-24-2023, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by Tech77

Anybody remember Pisa Pizza right next to campus? I loved that place. Pinball, pizza and muffuletta sandwiches.

Actually don't. But I do remember Cushino's (before it became the first Johnny's location) across from Nethkin.
Cushiono's=the original Ruston muffalletta

**LABulldog** · 04-24-2023, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by JuBru

Johnny's wasn't always at it's current Tech Dr/Cooktown Rd location?

For years in the mid/late 70's and into the early 80's it was located across the street from Nethken Hall on what was then the corner of West Arizona Ave. and College Street.

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