Though sacred text maths evokes Hindutva connotations, the very fact is that it is a system of straightforward arithmetic, which might be used for tangled calculations. — (Credit: Ajit Ninan)NO ONE raises a hair once kids are needed to study multiplication tables until nineteen. Then, throw a match if students are instructed a way toContinue reading “Quick Vedic”
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Unravelling the Fibonacci Sequence
-Hetvi Sanghavi Vora Fibonacci believed to be some secret code that manifests the architecture of the universe, is a sequence of numbers in which a given number is the result of adding the two numbers before it. Starting with 0 and 1, the series proliferates into 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21,Continue reading “Unravelling the Fibonacci Sequence”
Crime + Mathematics = Crimatics
Maths may seem very different from the confused, unpredictable and highly relevant business of fighting crime. But in fact maths is very relevant. It is integral to many of the methods police use to solve crime, including dealing with fingerprints, accident and number-plate reconstruction and tracking down poison.
Rare events happen all the time!
If you rearrange the letters in the word William Shakespeare you can spell ‘here was I like a psalm’. In the book ‘King James Bible’ in Psalm 46, the 46th word is ‘shake’ and the 46th word from the bottom is ‘William’. Coincidence…? Yes!
Should You Buy A Lottery Ticket?
Spending $2 to stand a chance to win $100million sounds like a deal only a numb nut would pass. Every single day millions of these deals are made in the USA and people happily participate. But have you ever wondered if the lottery is too good to be true?
GOLDBACH CONJECTURE
Coming up with another blog that is a blue cheese of the number theory world, this one will take you to explore Goldbach Conjecture. Can it ever be proved? Read on!
Room at the Hilbert Infinity Hotel
Have you heard about the famous “Hilbert Infinity Hotel”?. They’ve taken the concept of “Athithi Devo Bhava” way too seriously!
Jokes apart, they love their guests (& money of course) SO much that even when the Hotel is FULL, they will have a vacancy for you!
Deriving Formulae
We all know an = makes a formula. But how did these mathematical rules come into play? Check this out to know more.
Ramanujan Summation
-Nishant Oswal I am sure you must have heard about various kinds of series during your high school. Remembering the formulae for their summation without knowing what practical application could such series have was boring, right? Not anymore. There are various interesting sequences which have surprising results. They have been used by researchers and scholarsContinue reading “Ramanujan Summation”
The Math Behind Backgammon
Have you heard about the game Backgammon? This article helps in understanding the math behind it while teaching you how to play. Read more to find out!
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