The Credits Screen Theorem

The eternal mathematical paradox that haunts physics students everywhere! d/dt is simultaneously an operator (it tells you to take the derivative with respect to time) AND can be treated as a fraction when applying the chain rule. Physics professors love to switch between these interpretations mid-equation without warning, leaving students questioning their sanity. It's like Schrödinger's notation - both a fraction and not a fraction until a physicist needs to solve a particular problem!

Ever stared at your code wondering if 2+3*4 equals 20 or 14? That's when you transform into the mighty PEMDAS Frog™, flexing those parentheses muscles! Nothing says "I'm a programmer" quite like triple-checking if multiplication happens before addition or frantically googling "order of operations" at 2 PM on a Tuesday. Next time your code gives unexpected results, remember it's probably not a bug—just your brain temporarily forgetting that parentheses are basically the VIPs of the math world.

The mathematical fork in the road perfectly captures the existential crisis of every calculus student! On the left path: logarithm base 10 (log₁₀). On the right: natural logarithm (ln). At the bottom, our poor protagonist contemplates "changing log bases" - the mathematical equivalent of a gender identity crisis. The formula to convert between logarithms (log a (x) = log b (x)/log b (a)) is basically math's version of transition therapy. The spooky castles and lightning just emphasize how unnecessarily dramatic we make these calculations feel during exam season!

Sure, you "accidentally" solved one of mathematics' most notorious unsolved problems while rifling through your professor's desk drawers. That's like saying you tripped and discovered cold fusion while reaching for your coffee. The Collatz Conjecture has stumped brilliant mathematicians since 1937. It's deceptively simple: take any positive integer, if it's even, divide by 2; if odd, multiply by 3 and add 1. Repeat. The conjecture states all numbers eventually reach 1. Sounds easy, right? Well, Paul Erdős said "mathematics is not yet ready for such problems," and offered $500 for a solution. So your dilemma isn't academic integrity—it's whether to collect your Fields Medal before or after your expulsion hearing. Maybe negotiate for naming rights? The "Sticky-Fingered Theorem" has a certain ring to it.

The eternal rivalry between math majors and physics majors in one delicious cracker-based metaphor! 🐦 Math majors initially reject physics (GET THAT THING OUT OF MY FACE!), only to discover that physics offers real-world applications, cool scientists to fanboy over, and—gasp—actual job prospects. The final panel says it all: that moment when pure mathematicians realize they could've been calculating something that exists in reality instead of proving theorems about 11-dimensional abstract structures nobody asked for. As someone who's watched this drama unfold in university hallways, I can confirm the accuracy. Nothing more satisfying than watching a math purist reluctantly admit that calculating planetary orbits is actually pretty neat. Their expression when they realize Einstein used math to bend space-time? Priceless.

The innocent days of thinking continuity just means drawing without lifting your pen... followed by the epsilon-delta definition that's haunted math students since 1821. Nothing says "welcome to real analysis" like transforming a simple intuitive concept into symbolic notation that makes your brain leak out your ears. Every math major remembers the exact moment their soul left their body during that lecture. The professor just sits there, smiling, knowing they've created another generation of traumatized mathematicians.