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Absentminded Pedestrian Crossing

June 10, 2021Original blog post

Road signs for mathematicians: watch out for absentminded pedestrians, lost in thoughts of pi and triangles in the middle of the crosswalk.

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[Sign 1: a walking figure] "Pedestrian Crossing" [Sign 2: a figure standing still, lost in thought bubbles of digits of pi, symbols and a triangle] "Absentminded Pedestrian Crossing"

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2021-06-10-absentminded-pedestrian-crossing/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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