Hearing about
mathematics could be a sign of grief and sorrow. Generally around the world,
mathematics has been a tortuous topic because since the early grades. In
Spanish, there is a song that says: mathematics is the science which breaks
your patience…
So how could
be funny talk about names in mathematics?
Well, let me
tell you about that. There are some mathematical functions with plots that
resemble to funny or weird things and had been named in honor of those things.
For example, have
you heard about the popcorn function?