mathematics-2
Original: mathematics-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title text (above the comic):
WIKIPEDIA TIP:
TAKE ANY NOUN, ADD "(MATHEMATICS)" TO IT, AND A TOPOLOGIST WILL MANIFEST TO WRITE THE ARTICLE.
The comic is a mock Wikipedia article page.
Article title: Crotchless pants (mathematics)
Top-right of page: a language icon with "3 languages".
Tabs: Article | Talk
Right-side links: Read | Edit | View history | Tools
Article body:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In mathematics, a crotchless pants is a surface which is homeomorphic to the four-holed sphere. Two pants decompositions will give two three-holed spheres, homeomorphic to crotchful pants.
Applications to String Theory:
(A diagram on the right shows a pair of pants-shaped surface inside a frame, with the waist opening and the two leg openings outlined in red, illustrating the topological holes.)
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Votey:
Caption: SOMEWHERE, AT A MATH CONFERENCE...
A bearded man leans in toward a woman and whispers in a speech bubble:
"GUESS WHAT KIND OF SPHERE I'VE GOT ON UNDER HERE..."
WIKIPEDIA TIP:
TAKE ANY NOUN, ADD "(MATHEMATICS)" TO IT, AND A TOPOLOGIST WILL MANIFEST TO WRITE THE ARTICLE.
The comic is a mock Wikipedia article page.
Article title: Crotchless pants (mathematics)
Top-right of page: a language icon with "3 languages".
Tabs: Article | Talk
Right-side links: Read | Edit | View history | Tools
Article body:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In mathematics, a crotchless pants is a surface which is homeomorphic to the four-holed sphere. Two pants decompositions will give two three-holed spheres, homeomorphic to crotchful pants.
Applications to String Theory:
(A diagram on the right shows a pair of pants-shaped surface inside a frame, with the waist opening and the two leg openings outlined in red, illustrating the topological holes.)
smbc-comics.com
Votey:
Caption: SOMEWHERE, AT A MATH CONFERENCE...
A bearded man leans in toward a woman and whispers in a speech bubble:
"GUESS WHAT KIND OF SPHERE I'VE GOT ON UNDER HERE..."
Alt text
A single-panel comic styled as a mock Wikipedia article. A caption above reads: "WIKIPEDIA TIP: TAKE ANY NOUN, ADD '(MATHEMATICS)' TO IT, AND A TOPOLOGIST WILL MANIFEST TO WRITE THE ARTICLE." The article is titled "Crotchless pants (mathematics)" with the usual Wikipedia interface elements (Article/Talk tabs, Read/Edit/View history/Tools links, '3 languages'). The text reads: "In mathematics, a crotchless pants is a surface which is homeomorphic to the four-holed sphere. Two pants decompositions will give two three-holed spheres, homeomorphic to crotchful pants. Applications to String Theory:" A diagram on the right shows a pants-shaped surface with its waist hole and two leg holes outlined in red, illustrating the topological holes. Votey (aftercomic): A caption reads "SOMEWHERE, AT A MATH CONFERENCE..." A bearded man leans in close to a woman and whispers, "GUESS WHAT KIND OF SPHERE I'VE GOT ON UNDER HERE...", a flirtatious topology pun riffing on the pants-as-a-sphere idea.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.