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1. 

   anais
   December 17th, 2009 - 12:30

   “Any questions?”
2. 

   John Golden
   December 17th, 2009 - 12:33

   …and that wraps up #2. Any questions? Good. Numbers 3 to 10 for homework. Careful, #7 is less straightforward.
3. 

   Peter
   December 17th, 2009 - 12:41

   That’s great, professor. But this is “Intro to Shakespeare.”
4. 

   Tito Eliatron
   December 17th, 2009 - 12:52

   “And so, dear friends, I’ve finally proof that the set of men who understand women is empty”.
5. 

   ARJ
   December 17th, 2009 - 12:58

   What’s really incredible, class, is that Mr. Fermat was able to fit this into the margin of a book page…
6. 

   Adam Levin
   December 17th, 2009 - 12:58

   “And that’s the formula for how I grew stretchy legs that let me reach the top of the blackboard”
7. 

   Surreal Numbers
   December 17th, 2009 - 12:59

   Now we’ll look at some exceptions…
8. 

   Noxbru
   December 17th, 2009 - 13:04

   “All the work here can be summarized as 1+1=2. But we have had to do the demonstration to be sure about it.
9. 

   Noxbru
   December 17th, 2009 - 13:04

   “All the work here can be summarized as 1+1=2. But we have had to do the demonstration to be sure about it.
10. 

    David
    December 17th, 2009 - 13:10

    And thus I think we can conclude that “7″ is prime.
11. 

    Sean Harvey
    December 17th, 2009 - 13:10

    If your not following at this point, you probably should drop the class.
12. 

    anais
    December 17th, 2009 - 13:13

    “Pop Quiz! What number did I leave out? You have 15 minutes. Begin.”
13. 

    Steven
    December 17th, 2009 - 13:29

    “And so it can easily be shown that…”
14. 

    anais
    December 17th, 2009 - 13:33

    “Well, duh!”
15. 

    joseangel
    December 17th, 2009 - 13:35

    Please, don’t pull my leg, where is the ladder?
16. 

    Wang
    December 17th, 2009 - 14:35

    “And that’s why this chalk is the best dust-free chalk there is”
17. 

    Don
    December 17th, 2009 - 14:52

    Now for the complex equations tomorrow!
18. 

    Nick
    December 17th, 2009 - 15:17

    The rest may be found in Federer’s book on Geometric Measure Theory.
19. 

    John Golden
    December 17th, 2009 - 15:54

    So, as I said, it’s obvious.

    (2nd go round. Can’t resist. Great captions so far.)
20. 

    Jon
    December 17th, 2009 - 16:55

    … and now maybe one of you will be able to invent a board capable of saving all this work. That certainly would be a smart board.
21. 

    Maria
    December 17th, 2009 - 17:22

    Any questions? Good! Now, are there any volunteers to clean the blackboard?
22. 

    rg
    December 17th, 2009 - 17:46

    at which point God said, “let there be light” and it was thus….
23. 

    CHA
    December 17th, 2009 - 18:16

    “Um, I’m sorry professor, but I think you made a mistake in line one.”
24. 

    Omni
    December 17th, 2009 - 18:45

    “All of this will be on the final… and I mean all of it!”
25. 

    Peter
    December 17th, 2009 - 19:59

    How about: “I stole this shot from a Coen Brothers movie” ?
26. 

    JJC
    December 17th, 2009 - 22:08

    Welcome to Undergrad Physics in One Semester. I don’t expect you to understand anything on the board, just the Calc behind it.
27. 

    Grigorios Papaioannou
    December 17th, 2009 - 22:38

    Lost in shapes
28. 

    Manu
    December 18th, 2009 - 00:32

    “Can anyone please erase the blackboard before we begin? ¬¬ I hate physicists…”
29. 

    Øistein Gjøvik
    December 18th, 2009 - 02:06

    “OK, I have told you I like the blackboard to be blank when I start a lecture. Who has written this dribble?”
30. 

    Dave Cable
    December 18th, 2009 - 02:11

    And that, folks, is the secret formula for Coca-Cola. Don’t tell them I told you!
31. 

    clay
    December 18th, 2009 - 06:02

    “The small piece of the image you see here doesn’t do the picture justice.”
32. 

    anais
    December 18th, 2009 - 11:28

    “I know most of you have heard this class is an easy A…”
33. 

    Michelle Hopkins
    December 18th, 2009 - 12:19

    Its not like its rocket science!
34. 

    Jim Webb
    December 18th, 2009 - 12:56

    Could I move a bit? I thought you said,”Could I prove it?”
35. 

    John C
    December 18th, 2009 - 13:02

    “No, these notes will NOT be available on my course website.”
36. 

    Nate
    December 18th, 2009 - 15:03

    I want whoever erased my chicken noodle soup recipe to realize that this is vandalism and I WILL be pressing charges to the fullest!
37. 

    Jeff Goldstein
    December 18th, 2009 - 18:52

    Hiya,

    Not sure how to leave a general comment.

    Wanted to pass along that you might like this post.

    http://blogontheuniverse.org/2009/12/18/lets-ban-english-in-school-except-in-english-class/

    If you do can you help spread the word? You in fact might like Blog on the Universe given the blend of math, science and education.

    Jeff Goldstein, Center Director
    National Center for Earth and Space Science Education
38. 

    Carol
    December 19th, 2009 - 08:14

    Yes, this will be on the test!
39. 

    Steven
    December 19th, 2009 - 08:42

    My caption: “Is there a shortcut?!”
40. 

    Voldermort
    December 19th, 2009 - 10:29

    All right class, before leaving you need to copy all notes down and clean up the board. These notes will not be avalible online.
41. 

    Calvin
    December 19th, 2009 - 10:48

    “Do you guys like my new roll-up curtain design?”
42. 

    Chuck
    December 19th, 2009 - 13:37

    Thus we see that Hercules actually does overtake the tortoise.
43. 

    D
    December 19th, 2009 - 16:17

    Where is that “Good Will Hunting” guy? I know he’s responsible for this!
44. 

    ARJ
    December 19th, 2009 - 17:02

    Dang, I hate having to teach my Western Civ. class immediately after one of Dr. Euler’s lectures.
45. 

    F.B.
    December 20th, 2009 - 05:57

    lol. This image should be on the cover of a math book, (sub)titled:

    Introduction to Mathematics I
46. 

    Simon
    December 20th, 2009 - 10:35

    Students complain of rushed lecturing as contact hours are reduced.
47. 

    Mrs. Fuller
    December 20th, 2009 - 13:20

    Tuition: $2000
    Laptop: $1200
    Books: $300
    Enough paper & pencil to write all this down: $15
    Having a professor with go-go-gadget-arms: priceless
48. 

    Nikhil
    December 20th, 2009 - 23:37

    … With me so far? Cool!
49. 

    iva
    December 21st, 2009 - 13:18

    “Are you following? Good! Let’s continue.”
50. 

    epg
    December 21st, 2009 - 14:57

    “Damn, we’ve run out of space.”

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