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
You know deviled eggs, get ready for ...
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.
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.
Men after my own heart. Mad respect for the dedication to the joke.
Fucking legends
Source. For research purpose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox%E2%80%93Zucker_machine
Crap I'll never be able to slide that into a casual conversation.
That would be a highly specific casual conversation!
Not with that attitude!
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"
Intersection 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
I explain it to you, just stand here and look through the hole...
So how's the machine? Asking for a friend.
I've heard it kind of blows.
Thought it was supposed to zuck?
Can't put it down 😉
The absolute madlads
OG madlads right there
Five years later? What a half-fast attempt at a joke!
A match made in heaven.
Well this is the most New Jersey thing I've seen today.
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