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Mathematical Beers

August 16, 2018

Four math-pun beers, including Pascal's wager and a harmonic series of cider that never stops adding up.

Content note: Alcohol (beer and cider).

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-08-16-mathematical-beers/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

[Title] "AT THE MATHEMATICAL BREWERY..."

Analytic Porter: "infinitely smooth" · Pascal's Lager: "there's a tiny chance it confers infinite pleasure" · The Beer Sphere: "cheers to the spheres" · Harmonic Ciders: "just have half a pint... then a third of a pint... then a quarter..."

Topics
Sequences › Series & ConvergenceSequences › Harmonic SeriesAdvanced Math › Real AnalysisProbability › Expected ValueGeometry › 3D ShapesMathematicians & Scientists › Blaise Pascal
Level
College
Themes
FoodPuns
People
Blaise Pascal (implied)