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quality: difficulty: solvability: moderate lookahead
Puzzle Description:
There's a big calculus party, and all the functions are invited. ln(x) sees his friend e^x sulking in a corner. ln(x): "You should go integrate yourself into the crowd!" e^x looks up and cries: "It won't make a difference!"
#1: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Dec 3, 2009
Found to be logically solvable by jan.#2: Jan Wolter (jan) on Dec 3, 2009 [HINT] [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#3: Blue Paint (BluePaint) on Dec 3, 2009 [SPOILER]
I love how this most recent WC has been a great excuse for all the math jokes to come out of the woodwork :D Love it.#4: Corey Beaudoin (red) on Dec 3, 2009
Found to be logically solvable in more ways than one.#5: Jota (jota) on Dec 3, 2009
Thanks for your entry! Very entertaining in several ways.#6: Stephanie T (laalbacoronada) on Dec 3, 2009
The joke really makes this one! yay!#7: Teresa K (fasstar) on Dec 3, 2009
The humor makes up for the dryness of calculus. Fun!#8: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Dec 3, 2009
Ditto #2.#9: JoDeen Mozena (ozymoe) on Dec 3, 2009 [SPOILER]
Calculus is anything but dry.#10: Deana L (FFsWife) on Dec 4, 2009
*groan*#11: ant (agrest272) on Dec 6, 2009 [SPOILER]
haha awesome joke, have you heard the variation:#12: Jan Wolter (jan) on Dec 7, 2009
http://komplexify.com/math/jokes/TheEToTheXJoke.html
OK, that's funny.#13: Jen (LightVader) on Dec 9, 2009
This brings back some high school memories...#14: Stephanie Zahnzinger (stz1229) on Jan 12, 2010 [SPOILER]
Great puzzle! As a Math major, I can really appreciate this! (I agree with #9.) Great use of color and logic.#15: bugaboo (bugaboo) on Nov 8, 2010
i guess gator hasnt solved this puzzle yet#16: Gator (Gator) on Nov 8, 2010
bugaboo - I have. :)#17: bugaboo (bugaboo) on Nov 8, 2010
Ditto #14.
how on earth did you know i had written that comment just now#18: Gator (Gator) on Nov 9, 2010
I felt it. :) j/k#19: Al LaPointe (kancamagus) on Aug 10, 2013
It came up in the "New Comments for Solved Puzzles." It was just coincidental that it happened not long after you posted.
where's the constant of integration?
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