Rice Mathematical Purity Test
My last paper...
Has an equation that includes an integer
Has an equation that includes a non-integer rational
Has an equation without any Greek characters
Was not written in LaTeX
Did not have a preprint on arXiv
Was published in a journal whose title includes the word "applied"
Had nonmathematician co-authors
Had more than two co-authors
Included a constructive proof
Was cited by someone you don't personally know
Used Matlab
Was not a generalization of a previously known result
Didn't include the phrase "left as an exercise for the reader"
Put all the equations in the supplementary section
Would you agree with any of the following?
Nonmathematicians understand what I do
My work is useful
I own a graphing calculator
My work is well-funded
The clothes I am wearing have no visible stains
I teach an undergraduate course
Results
Score:
20
Hardy would be proud
