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When I was studying maths at university, someone had written on the faculty noticeboard: "Maths Lecturers are number '- e ^ ( - i pi)' (i.e. number one - except they wrote it without the limitations of ASCII text, so it looked better..)

Underneath this, some wag had written: 'pi i -ed'

Reminds me of one I saw back in the 1980s. Supposedly printed on a T-shirt (and as a proper formula, not in ASCII!):

b4i sqr(u) ru/16 ?

(Of course, this does depend upon the colloquialism "root", but I'm sure you can guess what it means if you don't already have it in your version of English.)

Like it. I'm still trying to work out how to create a variation for those who do not have the 'root' slang (which includes me, although I can guess what it means, obviously..). Any suggestions, anybody?

Here's another anecdote, this time about Euler himself.

As you know, in Euler's time, the monarch was semi-divine in his own right, or some such nonsense, which obviously made atheism a matter of state. At one time, Euler was called to the court of Catherine the Great to engage in a debate with one of the biggest atheists running around back then. The atheist gave a long speech describing his point of view and the evidence for it.

When it was his turn to speak, Euler merely stood up and said, "Sir, x=..., therefore God exists!"

Legend has it that the atheist was booted out of the court amid jeers and cries of laughter.

hmmm i dont get it?
" Underneath this, some wag had written: 'pi i -ed' "
My english is'nt that good, what does it mean?

It's pronounced 'pie eyed' which is slang for very drunk.

Liam.

you again Liam
thx for the anwser again