Robert J. Lipschutz veröffentlichte diesen (bekannten!) Aphorismus 1991 in The Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol. 13, Nr. 3:
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Real Analysts do it continuously.
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Complex Analysts do it conformally and entirely.
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Point Set Topologists do it openly, but compactly.
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Combinatorists do it discretely.
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Statisticians do it robustly.
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Probabilists, we're not sure if they do it.
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Logicians do it consistently.
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Differential Topologists do it smoothly.
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Algebraic Topologists do it manifold ways.
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Algebraic Geometers scheme to do it without torsion.
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Differential Geometers do it rigidly with torsion.
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Numerical Analysts do it with arbitrary precision.
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Applied Mathematicians do it everywhere.
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Measure Theorists do it almost everywhere.
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Ergodic Theorists do it dynamically.
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Number Theorists do it in their prime.
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Group Theorists simply do it.
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Galois Theorists do it for love and honor.
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Field Theorists do it with unity.
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Set Theorists do it indeterminately.
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Recursion Theorists do it undecidedly.
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Proof Theorists do it correctly.
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Model Theorists do it completely.
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Constructivists do it directly.
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Algebraists do it categorically.
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Category Theorists do it polymorphously.
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Linear Algebraists do it indiscriminately.
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Search Theorists do it with infinitely divisible effort.
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Operations Researchers maximize performance and minimize resources.
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Software Analysts do it in RAM.
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Software Engineers do it with user friendly I/O.
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Pythagoras did it first.
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Markov did it with chains.
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Martingales do it without looking back.
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Fermat did it, but can't prove it.
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Norbert Wiener did it prodigiously.
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Gauss did it better than anyone.
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