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/ One day this guy is finally fed up with \
| his middle-class existence and decides |
| to do something about it. He calls up |
| his best friend, who is a mathematical |
| genius. "Look," he says, "do you |
| suppose you could find some way |
| mathematically of guaranteeing winning |
| at the race track? We could make a lot |
| of money and retire and enjoy life." |
| The mathematician thinks this over a |
| bit and walks away mumbling to himself. |
| |
| A week later his friend drops by to ask |
| the genius if he's had any success. The |
| genius, looking a little bleary-eyed, |
| replies, "Well, yes, actually I do have |
| an idea, and I'm reasonably sure that |
| it will work, but there a number of |
| details to be figured out. |
| |
| After the second week the mathematician |
| appears at his friend's house, looking |
| quite a bit rumpled, and announces, "I |
| think I've got it! I still have some of |
| the theory to work out, but now I'm |
| certain that I'm on the right track." |
| |
| At the end of the third week the |
| mathematician wakes his friend by |
| pounding on his door at three in the |
| morning. He has dark circles under his |
| eyes. His hair hasn't been combed for |
| many days. He appears to be wearing the |
| same clothes as the last time. He has |
| several pencils sticking out from |
| behind his ears and an almost maniacal |
| expression on his face. "WE CAN DO IT! |
| WE CAN DO IT!!" he shrieks. "I have |
| discovered the perfect solution!! And |
| it's so EASY! First, we assume that |
| horses are perfect spheres in simple |
\ harmonic motion..." /
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