Nodes Memes

The ultimate math pun nightmare! Three mathematical objects walk into a bar and start making demands. The step function, sine wave, and fractal are asking "when can we start getting integrated?" while the graph networks below are inquiring about "Hamiltonian paths." Meanwhile, their poor supervisor is having an existential crisis because they hired graphs , not sentient mathematical constructs with attitude problems. It's a triple mathematical wordplay: integration in calculus (finding the area under curves), integration in social contexts (bringing together), and graph theory where "nodes" need Hamiltonian paths (a route that visits every vertex exactly once). The supervisor's face perfectly captures that moment when your PhD students start asking questions you weren't prepared for.