2 mathamaticians are out for dinner, and 1 raises the point that people nowadays have no understanding of mathamatics. The other one totally disagree's with him, arguing that more people than ever are studying the subject, and while the first agrees, he insist's that the average man on the street doesn't have any knowledge of the subject.
After ten minutes or so of debating that people do have a knowledge of maths, the mathematician goes out to the toilet. On the way back he see's the waitor and calls him to one side, and tell's him,"when you come to take our order I'll ask you a question- just say, "x cubed over 3" OK?" the waitor is confused but agrees.
The mathamatician then returns to his seat and continues the debate with the other one.Each unwilling to accept the other's point, he suggest's that they have a bet. He bets him £100 that if they ask the waitor the indefinate integral of x squared he'll know it. So the waitor comes over and takes their order and then they ask him the question, "what is the indefinate integral of x squared?" The waitor stop's, think's and then recites "x cubed over 3" The first mathamatician is in awe, while the second brags that he was right all along. The first mathamatician, admits he was wrong, all along, shake's the waitor's hand and give's the other mathamatician the money. The waitor, then leaving, stop's turns to the 2 mathamaticians and say's "of course,... plus the arbitary constant!!!!!"
After ten minutes or so of debating that people do have a knowledge of maths, the mathematician goes out to the toilet. On the way back he see's the waitor and calls him to one side, and tell's him,"when you come to take our order I'll ask you a question- just say, "x cubed over 3" OK?" the waitor is confused but agrees.
The mathamatician then returns to his seat and continues the debate with the other one.Each unwilling to accept the other's point, he suggest's that they have a bet. He bets him £100 that if they ask the waitor the indefinate integral of x squared he'll know it. So the waitor comes over and takes their order and then they ask him the question, "what is the indefinate integral of x squared?" The waitor stop's, think's and then recites "x cubed over 3" The first mathamatician is in awe, while the second brags that he was right all along. The first mathamatician, admits he was wrong, all along, shake's the waitor's hand and give's the other mathamatician the money. The waitor, then leaving, stop's turns to the 2 mathamaticians and say's "of course,... plus the arbitary constant!!!!!"
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