Xref: utzoo rec.humor:10770 sci.misc:1072 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!mtune!mtunx!whuts!sw From: sw@whuts.UUCP (WARMINK) Newsgroups: rec.humor,sci.misc Subject: Re: Do You Have an Interesting Formula? Message-ID: <3947@whuts.UUCP> Date: 21 Mar 88 16:00:11 GMT References: <2933@slovax.UUCP> <3451@bnrmtv.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 27 Summary: limerick...correct > > Limerick by Bruce Miller: > > > > The integral of t squared dt, > > From one to the cube root of three, > > When times the cosine > > Of three pi over nine > > Is the log of the cube root of e. > 3^(1/3)-- | t^2 dt * cos (3*pi/9) = log(e^(1/3)) 1-- So... t=3^(1/3) to 1 (t^3/3) * cos (pi/3) = 1/3 (1-1/3) * .5 = 1/3 1/3 = 1/3 CORRECT -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "We demand rigidly defined areas of | Stuart Warmink, APT UK Ltd. doubt and uncertainty" (Vroomfondel) | !whuts!sw -----------> My opinions are not necessarily those of APT UK Ltd. <-----------