A few weeks after we met, we realized that we had to write a joint paper because the combination of our last names, in the usual alphabetical order, is remarkably obscene.
-D. Cox
legend
The D speaks the truth
Five years later? What a half-fast attempt at a joke!
Source. For research purpose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox–Zucker_machineIntersection of elliptic surfaces… giggity.
It’s always neat reading an article where I can pinpoint the exact moment it goes over my head. In this instance, everything before “torsion” makes perfect sense, and everything afterward is witchcraft and I will be testifying against Cox and Zucker at the trial
See also
- Cox ring
Crap I’ll never be able to slide that into a casual conversation.
Well you could just lie when someone asks what you do for work and say:
“I’m a mathematician actually. I spend the vast majority of my time working with the Cox-Zucker machine.”
“You would know”
“Hell yeah I would”
“What”
“What”
That would be a highly specific casual conversation!
Not with that attitude!
the “see also” lol
English isn’t my first language. I don’t wanna spoil the joke but someone explain the joke here or in dms. What is a cox ring?
It sounds like cock. A cock ring is a ring that a person would put on a penis for sexual simulation, the same as using a dildo.
I’m fluent in English, and I have a PhD in chemistry, which involved a lot of complicated mathematics. I can tell you with total honesty that despite reading five wiki pages deep, I still don’t have a clue.
“Cox ring” sounds like “cock ring”, which is a sex toy.
Oh, THAT half of the joke.
A match made in heaven.
The absolute madlads
OG madlads right there
Well this is the most New Jersey thing I’ve seen today.
Men after my own heart. Mad respect for the dedication to the joke.
The best part is that Cox and Zucker didn’t give it the name Cox-Zucker machine themselves, because you’re not supposed to name things after yourself. A third person, Schwartz, caught the joke and gave it the name.
But can you Handel it?
How do we know Schwartz wasn’t in on it?
The Schwartz was with them.
Fucking legends
So how’s the machine? Asking for a friend.
I’ve heard it kind of blows.
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