Klarinet Archive - Posting 000447.txt from 2000/06

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Test math tagline
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 08:06:35 -0400

The value of the integral is then 2/3. This isn't right, surely? It should
be 1!
Roger S.

On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Tony Pay wrote:

> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 22:49:04 +0100
> From: Tony Pay <Tony@-----.uk>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Test math tagline
>
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2000 21:23:28 +0100, mo@-----.ch said:
>
> > Tony,
> >
> > I can't find this to be true! I tried reshuffling brackets but it
> > didn't help, nor taking the logarithm to a different base did help,
> > *sigh*
> >
> > > ... Integral z-squared dz
> > > From 1 to the square root of 3
> > > times the cosine
> > > of three pi over 9
> > > Equals log of the cube root of 'e'. (Anon)
>
> Yes, you're right, Moritz. It doesn't!
>
> What happened was, that I saw this a few years ago, and found it
> amusing.
>
> Then by chance, yesterday, I came across it on the web, and because I
> had to send a test message, I thought I'd include it. So I copied it
> without checking.
>
> But the author of the web page got it wrong.
>
> However, it works if the second line is changed to:
>
> > > From 1 to the cube root of 3
> ^^^^
> Sorry about that.
>
> Tony
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