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From: Jesse F. Hughes on 2 Jul 2010 08:42
Transfer Principle <lwalke3(a)lausd.net> writes:

>> Say, LWalk, can you help me out on public relations? I have used the
>> term "old-math" but such a moniker has been used throughout history.
>> So I need a new moniker. Should I call it the "ill-defined math", or
>> how about "sloth-math" since the community knows they never defined
>> finite number versus infinite number? Or how about "rumdummy math"
>> which has that poetic ring and someone can use it in a song. Can you
>> help me out on this, because math is supposed to be the science of
>> precision but noone seems to care to do their jobs of defining
>> finite-number versus infinite-number. Should I call it rumdummy-
>> math? I like the ring of that.
>
> For some reason, I doubt that the the users of "rundummy-math" would
> like the ring of that name.

Yeah, but AP is right: rumdummy math is so lyrical that someone is just
*bound* to use it in a song.

It can be the new math analog to "We Shall Overcome".

--
Jesse F. Hughes

'If you're not making mistakes you're not doing extreme mathematics."
-- James S. Harris, extreme mathematician par excellence
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