Tag Archives: mathematics
Foolproof
American Scientist Online – Foolproof — Mathematical proof is foolproof, it seems, only in the absence of fools I was a teenage angle trisector. In my first full-time job, fresh out of high school, I trisected angles all day long … more…
links for 2006-12-05: Grammar of Ornament, Quaternions, Bearden, Bayes, Pollock, Tesla
Owen Jones and the Grammar of Ornament The images are from the 1868 edition of the Grammar of Ornament, by Owen Jones (tags: design ornament library) Quaternion – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia first major speed bump encountered in Against the … more…
Nrrdcore Knuckle Tats
From a blog dedicated to collecting knuckle tattoos. If you gave the matter any advance consideration, you knew there would have to be one. The function f(x)=1/x describes a singularity: as x approaches zero, the function approaches infinity. When x=0, … more…
Poincaré’s conjecture, Perelman’s prizes
As you may have gathered, the Poincaré Conjecture appears to have been proved by a reclusive Russian mathematician, Grigory “Grisha” Perelman, who failed to turn up to recieve his Fields medal – the Nobel prize of mathematics – on tuesday. … more…
The mathematics of Spirograph
The mathematics of Spirograph – it had to be out there somewhere… (via memepool)
A Fibonacci Fountain
A rather beautiful new fountain at the Maryland Science and Technology Center. Created as a mathematical sculpture by artist and mathematician Helaman Ferguson, the fountain is made up of more than 45 tons of Texas granite, layered in alternating colors … more…