Trees and Square Roots
What kind of trees have square roots?
———- from John Mark of Sterling, Alaska
Square roots are found in the Pascal Pine. These trees are heavily logged and provide the world’s dwindling supply of logarithms. Of course, logarithms have been rendered largely obsolete by pocket calculators. However, the Pascal Pine is grown communally in countries that still use the slide rule and where Radio Shacks are banned by religious edict. The International Brotherhood of Mathematicians (IBM) hopes to perform a global La Place transformation and welcome these dissenting backwaters into the exciting modern world of LCD, LED’s, digital and irritating little beeps. Welcome aboard, friends!
Square roots are found in the Pascal Pine. These trees are heavily logged and provide the world’s dwindling supply of logarithms. Of course, logarithms have been rendered largely obsolete by pocket calculators. However, the Pascal Pine is grown communally in countries that still use the slide rule and where Radio Shacks are banned by religious edict. The International Brotherhood of Mathematicians (IBM) hopes to perform a global La Place transformation and welcome these dissenting backwaters into the exciting modern world of LCD, LED’s, digital and irritating little beeps. Welcome aboard, friends!