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Infinitesimal Light Bulb

2015

A light-bulb joke: one infinitesimal can change the bulb, just by a negligible amount.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015-01-01-infinitesimal-light-bulb/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

"How many infinitesimals does it take to change a light bulb?"

"Just one, but it won't change very much."

Topics
Calculus › InfinitesimalsCalculus › Derivatives › Rates of ChangeSets & Infinity › Infinitely Small
Level
CalculusCollege
Themes
Jokes & RiddlesPunsLanguage & Wordplay