July 2011
Mathematics is the music of the reason →
intothecontinuum:
Expanding circle (or dodecagon rather?). From 12 sides to 24 sides to 12 sides… Learn how to make your own here.
“Apparently orgasm is the only point where your mind becomes completely empty—you...”
– Jeff Buckley (via timeismovingon)
“Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll...”
– Howard Aiken (via writingadvice)
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Egyptian Artifact Could Be The World’s First... →
Mathematical Poetics: Boundaries and Flows →
isomorphismes:
Gauß’ divergence theorem states that, unless matter is created or destroyed, the density within a region of space V can change only by flowing through its boundary ∂V. Therefore
i.e., you can measure the changes in an entire region by simply measuring what passes in and out of…
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How Algorithms Shape Our World, Fascinating TED... →
rmenes:
Algorithms are everywhere, even if you don’t think about them.
“The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics.”
– Plato
(via scienceisbeauty)
“Mathematics is the language with which God wrote the universe.”
– Galileo Galilei (via tomgallacher)
intothecontinuum:
In this iterated function system, a Möbius transformation is applied in succession to the white circle yielding the blue and yellow circles. Varying the characteristic constant of the transformation gives the different arrangements seen in each frame of the animation. More IFS here GIF source: Java app
7/22: Pi Approximation Day →
AKA Casual Pi Day (22/7)
Leon Morris Photography →
acmenes:
Check out Leon Morris’ photographs of high profile musicians such as Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Etta James, and many more. A must-see for music fans.
Led Zeppelin - Living Loving Maid (She’s...
Why did I divide sin by tan?
soulfisting:
Just cos.
THE MOST FEARED BEING IN ALL THE COSMOS:
littleradge:
archery: Calabi-Yau manifold →
fewpeoplematter:
A spinning 3D model of the 6-dimensional Calabi-Yau manifold. This manifold has been shown by string theory to be the topological shape of extra, curled-up dimensions on the Planck-scale at every point in the universe. It is the extra dimensions of this shape that allow…
“The world has signed a pact with the devil; it had to. It is a covenant to which...”
– Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
“When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to...”
– R. Buckminster Fuller (via livejamie)
intothecontinuum:
A pretty wild narcissistic number is an integer N that can be represented by mathematically manipulating its digits (in order) using only the arithmetical operations of + - x ÷ ^ √ ! . Here are some examples:
There are plenty more listed here.
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LOL just heard the Heisenberg wife's joke on...
Q: why was Heisenberg’s wife always frustrated?
A: because when he had the time he didn’t have the energy and when he had the position he didn’t have the momentum
Why is East Africa/Somalia's drought crisis less... →
mohandasgandhi:
You can go spend $30 this weekend to go see Harry Potter or you can donate a bit of spare change to UNICEF and help curb one of the greatest crises in decades.
An elementary way to approach Fourier transforms →
Why another introduction to the Fourier transform?There are many elementary introductions to the discrete Fourier transform on the web. But this one is going to be a little different.
Mental Math in Infants →
Babies understand counting before they utter numbers
The Euler-Maclaurin formula, Bernoulli numbers,... →
