by wp_sd | Jul 21, 2018 | Mathematics
Is the world going nuts ? What happened to mathematics ? The magical world of infinite series … Well, here is a clue: Think of 1 – 1 + 1 – 1 + 1 + … = 1/2 And of 1 – 2 + 3 – 4 + 5 + … = 1/4 But don’t take my word for it....
by wp_sd | Jun 14, 2018 | Mathematics
Largest known prime number As of June 2018, the largest known prime number is 277,232,917 − 1, a number with 23,249,425 digits. It was found in 2016 by the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS). Plot of the number of digits in largest known prime by year, since...
by wp_sd | Jun 3, 2018 | Creative, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy
A must read for all who want to know about infinity … almost good enough to provide a foundation … but then it is just a carpet floating mid air as long as you don’t open your eyes … Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, also known as...
by wp_sd | Mar 25, 2018 | Creative, Mathematics, Music
Ready to dance in your seat? Drummer Clayton Cameron breaks down different genres of music—from R&B to Latin to pop—by their beats. A talk that proves hip hop and jazz aren’t cooler than math—they simply rely on it. A pioneer in brush technique, drummer...
by wp_sd | Mar 14, 2018 | Mathematics
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by wp_sd | Feb 27, 2018 | Funny, Mathematics
What a guy … absolutely funny and interesting … They’re millions of digits long, and it takes an army of mathematicians and machines to hunt them down — what’s not to love about monster primes? Adam Spencer, comedian and lifelong math...
