TheoryMine runs a computerized mathematical theorem prover that turns out new mathematical theories all day long. For a mere $15, they'll name the theorem after you or someone you love: "Theorems are discovered by our robot mathematicians, we make every effort to ensure that the discovered theorems have never been published before, and we guarantee that every theorem we discover has not been previously recorded in our database of theorems. In the unlikely event that that there is a mathematics article publishing the theorem prior to our discovery, then we will give two additional new theorems to the owner of the old theorem." (via MeFi)
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