The site
Comics Browser came to be as a quick hack to make my ever increasing bookmark folder of comics more manageable and easy to view back before Firefox became popular. It also let me have access to all my comics when not at home, seeing as this was long before I got a laptop. And now, it's really just become a pet project that keeps me programming long after I switched my major to mathematics.While only me and a few friends use this site, I still enjoy running is and every once in a while i'll go ahead the completely rewrite the site updating to be just behind the times.
The Author
Well, I'm just a math nerd that happens to like web comics. Right now i'm trying to decide which I like more Algebra or Analysis as the day fast approachs when I have to apply to grad schools. I also happen to be a bit stubborn, which is why I keep maintaining and updating this site when there are some fine alternatives in most modern browsers.I am close to obtaining the second and final perfect age in my life. That is unless medical science really gets it in gear. Thankfully I'll still have a good number of prime ages left and I am at a powerful age. This should let anyone that cares get a good guess at my age and, yes, this is the kinda of stuff I spend my days thinking about. I'm only sad I was to young to care when I was my only even prime age. (It's 2 for those that think math is the devil.) I plan to make overly large deal of it when I have children, along with e and pi. Although the last two will mean either some masterful party planing or some rough approximations.
F.A.Q.
- Is it true that the repeating decimal .9999... equals 1?
- You bet! Although it seems counterintuitive, I will give my favorite version of the proof here.
Alright, We know that .3333... = 1/3, now if we multiply both sides by 3 we get .9999... = 3/3. But, we know that 3/3 = 1, so we see that indeed .9999... = 1.
This is not the only way to do it, you can see others here as well as the common arguments that people try to use to show this is not true. - Can you construct the cube root of 2 with a straight-edge and compass?
- Nope! This is what is knowen as doubling the cube and is not possible to do with just a straight-edge and compass. This is because the cube root over the rational has a minimal polynomial of degree 3. But, when we look at the field formed by constructable numbers, we see that minimal polynomial of any constructable number over the rationals has to be a power of 2. Thus, the cube root is not constructable. I know I kinda glossed over the details here, but I figure the for most people that read this, their eyes will have glossed over a few sentances ago.
- What is your favorite prime number?
- I would have to say 2 is my favorite prime number. Now, not everyone may agree, but I find the fact that 2 is the only even prime number makes it quite awesome. Although, I find 5 to be more aesthetically pleasing.
- Did you just say you find a number aesthetically pleasing?
- Well, as I mentioned above, I'm pretty much a giant nerd.
- Did you just make the most played out FAQ joke?
- I don't believe I ever said I was original.