[b]Counting to potato is the act of arithmetically creating a sequence of numbers that ends with a potato, which is not a rational number but rather a tuber vegetable commonly eaten baked, boiled, or roasted. The problem has been a serious area of study among Western scientists for over a century, and is also referred to as the P equals NP problem, or P = NP. Although no formal report on a successful count to potato has ever been deciphered, people afflicted with some mental problems are often casually able to perform the feat, maddening mathematicians and physicists throughout human history.[/b]