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Frankenstein

July 10, 2017

A mad-scientist Frankenstein gleefully builds a theorem from lemmas instead of a monster.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-07-10-frankenstein/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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Dr. Frankenstein: "By running electricity through this lifeless pile of lemmas, I shall create... A THEOREM!"

[Caption] "Dr. Frankenstein's theoretical contributions received less attention than the applied ones."

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