June 2011
Robert Morris, Pioneer in Computer Security, Dies... →
Maths subversives celebrate anti-pi day →
A movement to replace the mathematical constant pi with tau - a constant twice as large, or 6.28 - celebrates “Tau Day” on 28 June
Number systems and the Chinese Remainder Theorem. →
arxiv-nlin:
Authors: Christiaan E. van de Woestijne
A well-known generalisation of positional numeration systems is the case where the base is the residue class of modulo a given polynomial with coefficients in (for example) the integers, and where we try to construct finite expansions for all residue classes modulo , using a suitably chosen digit set. We give precise conditions under which...
Large gaps between consecutive zeros, on the... →
arxiv-nlin:
Authors: Johan Bredberg
We show that for any sufficiently large there exists a subinterval of of length at least in which the function has no zeros.
First Appearance of Algebraic Notation →
FINALLY: The Difference between Nerd, Dork, and... →
A new criterion and a proof of the Riemann... →
arxiv-nlin:
Authors: Roupam Ghosh
We introduce a new criterion which if satisfied implies the Riemann hypothesis. Subsequently we verify the validity of the hypothesis itself.
“This paper has been withdrawn by the author and is awaiting revision.”
I haven’t seen one of these in a while. Always makes my day.
“The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that...”
– Nikola Tesla, in “Radio Power Will Revolutionize the World” in Modern Mechanics and Inventions (July 1934)
ALAN TURING’S BIRTHDAY →
Alan Turing was born 99 years ago today on 23 June 1912 in London. He was born at what is now the Collanade Hotel located near the Warwick Avenue tube station in Little Venice. It’s appropriate on this day to think about Turing’s many contributions to our world. A short life, but a long legacy!
Quantum magic trick shows reality is what you make... →
Conjurers frequently appear to make balls jump between upturned cups. In quantum systems, where the properties of an object, including its location, can vary depending on how you observe them, such feats should be possible without sleight of hand. Now this startling characteristic has been demonstrated experimentally, using a single photon that exists in three locations at once.
Mathematical Poetics: Nonterminating decimals do... →
isomorphismes:
The Banach-Tarski paradox proves how f#cked up the real numbers are. Logical peculiarities confuse our intuitions about “length”, “density”, “volume”, etc. within the continuum (ℝ) of nonterminating decimals. Which is why Measure Theory is a graduate-level mathematics course.…
I’m sure if Einstein had lived to see Starbucks he would’ve modified Special Relativity to account for how much time slows down when you’re waiting to use the bathroom
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Just Math Tutorials →
scienceisbeauty:
Good idea for people with problems with the basic on mathematics: video lessons by a math teacher
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So the picture just looks like a regular lagrangian min visualisation, but I don't think that's what they're talking about...
So the picture just looks like a regular lagrangian min visualisation, but I don't think that's what they're talking about...
Why We Need the Higgs, or Something Like It →
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Math Monday: The Squared Square →
If you’re a cabinet maker, geometry is essential to all of the lengths and angles that you calculate. The cabinet shown here goes further and presents the solution to a rather difficult dissection problem. This is the simplest perfect squared square. The entire area is a square and it is divided into squares of distinct integer sizes.
“If A equals success, then the formula is: A equals X plus Y plus Z.
X is work....”
– Albert Einstein, as quoted in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Vol. 11, No. 7 (via crookedindifference)
“Fact 21.
For every 25 percent increase in problem complexity, there is a 100...”
– Robert L. Glass (via fooyeahcode)
Brigitte Bardot, miniskirts and homological... →
What Pi Sounds Like →
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