Mathematical Halloween Costumes
A page of math Halloween costumes: a fluxion ghost, a P = NP doomsday cultist, a normal distribution, an angle trisector, zero, and a self-defeating unrecognizable costume.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2021-10-31-mathematical-halloween-costumes/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[Title] "Mathematical Halloween Costumes"
Fluxion (i.e., "ghost of a departed quantity") [a ghost] · Member of Doomsday Cult [sign: "P = NP, the proof is nigh"] · Normal Person, for Once [wearing a bell curve] · Angle Trisector [a figure with three-pronged hands] · Zero ("It's really just a placeholder costume.") · Paradox of the Unrecognizable Costume: "What are you supposed to be?" "Something unrecognizable." "Ah, that's what I thought." "But that means you correctly recognized me… which means… oh no…"