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Duke
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Duke asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 9 years ago

Christmas Survey: User-names and Avatars in Y!A Mathematical Forum. Whose...?

It's a Christmas time, let's postpone the difficult mathematical questions for later. Most of us, more or less regular contributors in this Forum, know each other already quite well, we've accustomed to our nicknames and avatars, so let's have a little holiday fun taking a survey on them.

Please share your opinion:

# 1: Whose user name sounds most "mathematically"?

# 2: Whose user name is most difficult to spell/pronounce (the harder, the better)?

# 3: Whose user name is most impressive (e.g. long palindrome, or sounds best to the ear, or otherwise remarkable)?

/for ## 1-3 please translate if the name uses non-Latin or non-Greek characters/

# 4: Who has the most ''mathematically looking" avatar?

# 5: Whose avatar is most picturesque?

# 6: Whose avatar is otherwise most remarkable?

Some of my choices:

# 1: Very difficult choice between Mathematishan, Mathemagician, MathMan TG, Mathmanretired, MathNerd, Divide By Zero and several others... Finally I decided for

http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=31f743411a4...

# 2: http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=6bca9f7fb5c...

# 3: http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=TaqLsMGlaa

# 4: Also very difficult to decide, final decision:

http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=Mf27Z6ogaa

# 5: Definitely: http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=5cc0d7cf7f3...

# 6: Definitely: http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=1c25f077392...

Yours?

I haven't decided yet, but depending on the answers I may send the question to public vote.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWqgu6EalzM&feature...

Update:

Madhukar: Many Thanks for Your Kind Wishes!

Gôhpihán: Great answer, thanks! I almost twisted my tongue trying to spell the names in Your list (Yours inclusive)!

Gianlino: I had the same feeling, he is one of my Contacts, but I don't know yet how to spell, would You help?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRXMFd8dCGI&feature...

Update 2:

Al P: I can imagine how that thankful little girl You may never meet again, is saying 'God Bless You'! Thanks for the answer and the link! 'O Holy Night' along with 'Stille Nacht' and 'White Christmas' are my Christmas Favorites.

Update 3:

D: The longest palindrome I could find was:

http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=nUYuqUQTaa

Yin: Everything that complies with Y!A Community Guidelines counts - user names, questions, answers - only this matters! For example:

http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=maxOcQ9Vaa

Update 4:

Dharma Rakshaka: Yes, the questions here are too many, the answers too few - usually I answer questions, sorted by "Fewest answers", this is most helpful in my opinion. Let's hope the situation will change in the future!

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  • gôhpihán
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    1:

    Euler

    http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=nCCzhJaPaa

    Quadrillerator

    http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=4aIzQL9daa

    #2:

    smci

    http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=AA10179061

    Awms A

    http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=RxukJqL5aa

    AforeUgNy

    http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=5PSIoijGaa

    nudnik0

    http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=e9ocu0QXaa

    δοτζο

    http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=lG1wVvWIaa

    alwbsok

    http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=D4Ko5ll2aa

    bskelkar

    http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=78d4682d6c7...

    #6:

    gôhpihán

    http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=d2p4RPYWaa

  • Al P
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    To all the great teachers in the math section,

    Merry Christmas and happy holidays. By the way,

    Madhukar has always struck me via his answers as being

    a very respectful, honest, and gentle person not

    deserving anonymous thumbs down.

    Regarding quick answers without derivation: There may be

    well intentioned HINTS, correct answers. If others

    correctly derive via these hints, hopefully, they will

    be considered for best answer although learning is more

    important. On the other hand, helpful hinters should occasionally

    disclose their workings.

    Regarding songs:

    There is a great untapped well of care in the human

    spirit. While shopping today, a little girl and her mother

    stood nearby talking kindly about a gift the mother could

    not afford to buy for her little girl. I asked the mother if

    I might buy the gift and I did. Everyone started smiling

    including the previously tired looking cashier. We wished

    each other merry Christmas and said goodby probably forever,

    As I walked out the door, I realized that I had just received

    a far greater gift.

    It's not about religion, angels, words, music, or even prayer. For me alone,

    it's about attempting good work born of said spirit with part of the time

    given. I hope the Old One will approve of my selection.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zh-yR0pbmU&feature...

    PS:

    This question is beyond my pay grade;)

    Edit:

    Thank you kindly Duke. Point well taken.

    Echoing MD, I also will not delete.

  • Lisa
    Lv 5
    9 years ago

    1. Euler doesn't count! Naming after a mathematican is kinda "cheating". I vote for θ βяιαη θ. Just look at at those greek symbols!

    http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=ZmoI66zMaa

    2. Aside from θ βяιαη θ (I am going to guess you only want names with English letters), then I am going to say the user "kb", it has no vowels...

    http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=r7kcmUDBaa

    3. θ βяιαη θ again? Pretty creative to use for the name Brian

    4. Honestly, most of the avatars here are either faceless or faces from Yahoo.

    5. Same as #4

    6. Madhukar, I love that smirk in his avatar.

    7. Now as the for the most trollish user in Yahoo Mathematics, Rapidfire.

    http://answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=4xiOcnJtaa

    @Duke, I thought only the regulars count.

    Yin

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    3: Whose user name is most impressive (e.g. long palindrome, or sounds best to the ear, or otherwise remarkable)?

    Mine. See my username for more details.

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  • gianlino
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    I have a definite opinion only on 2/

    http://in.answers.yahoo.com/activity?show=zkdRHnoU...

    edit @ duke: not in the least!

  • Madhukar
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Your questions and answers made an interesting reading. Wishing you and all members of your family merry Christmas.

    Most of the names in your answers are of contacts who ask such difficult and challenging questions that while opening their mail, my fingers tremble with the fear of having to face the questions which I would not be able to answer. By the time, I can think of how to go about solving, if at all I can think, gianlino and schythian post the answers and I keep wondering if they have some magic stick to get the answers. You and all others whose names figure in your selection above add to my knowledge and I enjoy reading your contribution here.

    Edit:

    Those who gave me TU are my well-wishers. Those who gave me TD truly judged that I have not answered the question. Obviously, I do not expect BA. Sometimes, I delete such answers of mine, but this being thanks to my contacts cannot be withdrawn.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    i dunno most of the questions in this section remain unanswered :P only some easy one gets answered

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