Curiosa Mathematica

sixpenceee : > In geometry, the rhombicosidodecahedron, is an Archimedean solid, > one of thirteen convex isogonal nonprismatic solids constructed of > two or more types o...

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Mathematician Hurls Structure and Disorder Into Century-Old Problem

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The Math of Adele’s Album Releases: Can a Hidden Pattern Help Predict When She’ll Release Next? : A great introduction to the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences by means of Adele’s...

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In Topology, When Are Two Shapes the Same?

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The Story of Grace Hopper

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keerigen : > Magicians and scientists are, on the face of it, poles apart. > Certainly, a group of people who often dress strangely, live in a > world of their own, ...

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A splendid introduction to the theory of Bézier curves and their applications in for instance video game graphics.

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nevver : > Geometry homework, Lin Yung Cheng > 

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“To state a theorem and then to show examples of it is literally to teach backwards.” - Twenty Years Before the Blackboard, Michael Stueben

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Sir Harry Kroto , one of the three winners of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of fullerenes .

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max1461 : > Had a math professor who liked to work in degrees but at the > beginning of the class defined ° as the constant π/180 and I was > just like

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szimmetria-airtemmizs : > From A to B.

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A collection of beautiful mathematics: attractive pictures and fun results

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A collection of beautiful mathematics: attractive pictures and fun results

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vacuously-true : > ❄️ 🐉 dragon, koch, and two hybrid curves ❄️ 🐉  >  > ❄️ 🐉 ❄️ on the same initial line segment 🐉 ❄️ 🐉

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He invented calculus, but you could smoke him at Monopoly.

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Mathematician Disproves 80-Year-Old Algebra Conjecture

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mathhombre : > ODD THIRD >  > Saw this fabulous fraction at the Futility Closet, with a link to > Roger Nelson’s triangular proof without words. When I was making > ...

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Pioneers Linking Math and Computer Science Win the Abel Prize : The 2021 Abel Prize is awarded to László Lovász and Avi Wigderson , “for their foundational contributions to theoretical co...

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mathymatical : > “DOING ARITHMETIC IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE IS A FOOL’S ERRAND.” >  >  > —Math professor after writing 3+9=13

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