How many mathematicians does it take to screw in a light bulb?

One. He gives it to six Californians, thereby reducing the problem to an earlier joke...

In earlier work, Wiener [1] has shown that one mathematician can change a light bulb.

If k mathematicians can change a light bulb, and if one more simply watches them do it, then k+1 mathematicians will have changed the light bulb.

Therefore, by induction, for all n in the positive integers, n mathematicians can change a light bulb.

Bibliography:

[1] Wiener, Matthew P., <11485@ucbvax>, Re: YALBJ, 1986
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Neither, they all burn shorter.
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What did one eye say to the other?

Between you and me, something smells.
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What happens when you play Beethoven backwards?

He decomposes.

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What do whales eat?

Fish and ships.
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Where does a ten ton elephant sit?

Anywhere it wants to
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Online money has recently been discovered to be a not-yet-identified super heavy element.

The proposed name is: Un-obtainium.
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A Flat Miner

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A Chair!
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Who's there?
Snow.
Snow who?

Snowbody!
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