MoMath Opening
The Museum of Mathematics Gala Grand Opening MoMath opened 12/12/12. For visitor information, seehttp://momath.org
Mathematics
What was up with Pythagoras?
Pythagoras had a problem with beans and irrationality. What really happened? I don’t know! The square root of two is irrational, and beans are delicious.
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Beautiful Card Trick – Numberphile
Standup mathematician Matt Parker says this 27-card trick is the most mathematically beautiful – but it takes some explaining!
Spaghetti Numbers – Numberphile
The tin asks: “What’s the biggest number you can make?” Sounds like a challenge!
Problems with Zero – Numberphile
Dividing by zero, zero divided by zero and zero to the power of zero – all pose problems!
abc Conjecture – Numberphile
The abc Conjecture may have been proven by a Japanese mathematician – but what is it?
God’s Number and Rubik’s Cube – Numberphile
What is the fewest number of moves which can solve any Rubik’s Cube? It’s God’s Number.
43,252,003,274,489,856,000 Rubik’s Cube Combinations – Numberphile
There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 ways to arrange a standard 3×3 Rubik’s Cube. See our full series of Rubik’s Cube videos at:http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJNAdHv8TUCOmj7iKqyHZeg This video features Matt Parker, James Grime and Katie Steckles. With thanks to Drew Mokris for doing the animation:http://www.spinnerdisc.com/ With thanks to Feliks Zemdegs for use of one of his many world-record breaking videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/fazrulz1 Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ [...]
