profQUOTES

Any questions? There better not be.

West AMATH250

This is a famous equation hint-hint: exam.

West AMATH250

For now just take it on faith, just like the engineers.

West AMATH250

It's like popcorn: I can't believe it's not butter.

West AMATH250

[Recursive Algorithms] are what makes the Fast Fourier transform fast, and the Quick Sort quick

Bergeron STAT340

That's right! You're safe by calculus

Bodmann AMATH231

Is Shawn here? No. We're screwed.

Bodmann AMATH231

In class we do these simple problems and the assignments are really horrible, which is true.

Bodmann AMATH231

[I] wound up with a fourth order equation. And if you put a gun to my head I could find an answer for you.

Bodmann AMATH231

[Of mistake] This is usually when I say it's an exercise.

Wilmot ACTSC232

Typically females live 3 to 4 years longer than males. If I was a female, I'd sound happier than this.

Wilmot ACTSC232

This class is interesting, unlike OS. Operating Systems is a solved problem. It's boring. If you're taking OS from Tim Brecht, don't tell him I said that. He's bigger than me.

Lank CS349

Today is the last day. I can only do so much damage to you.

Small STAT240

[On Prof. Zorzitto] The bar doesn't open until 10:30 am, so when you see him, he is still sober. We don't tell him we said that, do we?

Marcoux MATH146

Norms from inner products satisfy the parallelogram rule... you might have seen this on YouTube.

Marcoux MATH146

Just like skinning cats, there are many ways to prove theorems. I apologize to the cat lovers in the room.

Marcoux MATH146

If you don't get what I'm writing on the board, you can come take a brownie. At least you can digest that.

Small STAT240

Prof: For those of you who have not taken at least one brownie, you should not complain that others are getting 2.
Student: We should not, but we still can, right?
Prof: Technically, yes. It's more like a moral obligation.

Small STAT240

'No biggie' is not a precise mathematical term.

Marcoux MATH146