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Unexpected or surprising examples, interesting problems, and clever proofs on calculus that are often counterintuitive or paradoxical—the oddities that most math students are seldom exposed to during their calculus lessons.
Be it a continuous function whose graph possesses a tangent at no point, or a continuous function that has infinitely many maxima and minima on a finite interval, or a shape that has finite area but infinite perimeter, these examples of out-of-bounds calculus seldom fail to trigger an aha! reaction among math geeks.
by Covido August 24, 2022
Get the Out-of-Bounds Calculusmug. When conspiracists or hoaxers claim that the coronavirus is dead scared of aliens, ghosts, or spirits, which means that someone is safer in the presence of these dark or evil forces.
A number of diehard QAnonists refused to wear any masks at Halloween parties because of their pseudoscientific Covid-👽 beliefs.
by Covido November 1, 2020
Get the Covid-👽mug. A corona-infected jihadist or terrorist who is hell-bent to spread the virus to as many “infidels” as possible to get even at the authorities for refusing to incorporate the sharia into the legal system, or for allegedly treating some radical Islamists unfairly.
In Xinjiang, dozens of corrorists have volunteered to travel all the way to Beijing with the aim of infecting a thousand-odd hardcore Chinese Communists to “teach them a lesson” for cracking down on “Islamic extremism.”
by Covido December 26, 2020
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A number of dictatorial or weak regimes are leveraging on Lockdown 2.0 to postpone the general election on the excuse that holding one during the pandemic crisis would unavoidably lead to more infections and deaths.
by Covido January 26, 2021
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