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Missouri researchers ID largest prime number yet
Mathematicians at the University of Central Missouri have identified the largest prime number yet, but good luck remembering it. The university said Wednesday that a group led by computer science and mathematics professor Curtis Cooper found the 17 million-digit prime … Continue reading
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“Mullions”
by Richard Kostelanetz (1970)
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Japanese ‘sangaku’ paintings reveal the sacred side of maths
This image is a stunning example of one of the most intriguing practices in the history of mathematics. Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, the Japanese used to hang up pictures of maths theorems at their shrines. Called “sangaku”, the … Continue reading
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360 degrees = 9 = Circle
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Mysterious Algorithm Was 4% of Trading Activity Last Week
A single mysterious computer program that placed orders — and then subsequently canceled them — made up 4 percent of all quote traffic in the U.S. stock market last week, according to the top tracker of high-frequency trading activity. The … Continue reading
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Pi in the Sky (San Francisco)
As the downtown lunch crowd most certainly noticed earlier today, a few planes were circling overhead writing some gibberish in the sky. I assumed it was some iPhone 5 promotion gone awry, or at least a marriage proposal to a … Continue reading
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SF Renters vs. SF Buyers
The New York Times ran a beautiful piece about the looming gentrification of the pristine pastures of Precita Park. It’s a fine read and all, but I think Wendy MacNaughton’s illustration sums it up perfectly. (Link)
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The 10 weirdest physics facts, from relativity to quantum physics
Physics is weird. There is no denying that. Particles that don’t exist except as probabilities; time that changes according to how fast you’re moving; cats that are both alive and dead until you open a box. We’ve put together a … Continue reading
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Golden ratio discovered in uterus
The golden ratio is a scientific nugget that has, for at least two thousand years, belonged as much to mysticism as to mathematics. It is just a number – 1.618 – but to its devotees the ratio expresses aesthetic perfection, … Continue reading
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