A Mathematician's Thanksgiving
A Thanksgiving menu of math puns: Zorn's lemon, pumpkin π, beetroot, monstrous moonshine, Menger sponge cake, Abelian grapes, prime rib and 'i/8'.
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[Title] "A Mathematician's Thanksgiving"
Zorn's lemon: "not very tasty in itself, but very useful in a lot of recipes" · Pumpkin Pie (with π): "seems to show up everywhere" · Beetroot (√Veg.): "a.k.a. beet^(1/2)" · Monstrous moonshine: "helps distant relatives bond" · Menger sponge cake: "delicious, but not too filling" · Abelian grapes: "warning: washing & eating are not commutative" · slices of prime rib (2, 3, 5, 7 slices) "correction: prime slices of rib" · universal lament: i/8