Historical flow of denumerable sets and cardinality
Before discussing the denumerability of a set we should know how the idea of ... Read more
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In Search Of The Unchanging
“Change is inevitable” as the old cliché goes. At least in the realm of reality, this is hard to argue with. On the other hand, in the mystical world of mathematics, we may stumble upon curious ideas that betray this tenet ... Read more
33, 42 and “Sums of Three Cubes”
Let us write 29 as 29 = x³ + y³ + z³, plug in any integers for x, y, z. One set of solutions is 29 = 3³ + 1³ + 1³. Pretty simple and intuitive, right? Similarly, how about 30? Not so much. The only known solution involves ... Read more
Mathematica de Naturae – III: All the King’s Men
As the dominant species of the planet, we are unrivaled in our position on the food chain. Evolution has led us down a very arduous path of invention and thought. Our natural ability to hunt has been erased from our genomes ... Read more
Mathematica de Naturae – II : Law of the Red Queen
The population of a species that could be observed at a given time with respect to other species in its habitat is an important area of study in ecological mathematics. The availability and competition among species for food ... Read more
Divide by Three
I'm pretty sure you know what the four basic operations in mathematics are. They are addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This article is about division. More specifically, this article is about how to divide by three.
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The Parallel Infinity
-The Untold Story of AM1008-It all started with differentiation But didn’t end with Integration Attention to detention, endless affection How to solve this wonderful equation Limits weren’t limited to limits on the ... Read more
Googol and Googolplex
Yes! you read that right. It’s not google! It's Googol. Googol is a very large number written with 100 zeros after 1. In scientific notation it’s written as 10100. If you want to imagine how large this ... Read more