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Boole's Table

May 7, 2018

A 'periodic table of mathematics' containing only 0 and 1; a student still complains about memorizing it.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-05-07-boole-s-table/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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[Poster] "GEORGE BOOLE'S PERIODIC TABLE OF MATHEMATICS: [0][1] — All else is built from this."

Student: "Ugh. I can't believe we're supposed to memorize the whole table!"

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