Category Archives: Math

Do you appreciate mathematics?

I have attended some events devoted to “math appreciation”; those events tend to attract several people with different levels of knowledge of mathematics, and the topics covered tend to be broad enough to hopefully satisfy a large audience. I then … Continue reading

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Splitting Apartment Rent – A Case of Fair Division

Paying rent – it’s an annoyance that many of us have to deal with on a regular basis. But, it’s also a source of interesting mathematics. Splitting rent in an equitable way is a classic problem in fair division, one … Continue reading

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Are you good at asking questions?

One might think that asking a question is very trivial; in mathematics, maybe in early years of learning, asking what 1+1 is might be very innocent, until to later realize that the answer can be complicated. After years of mathematical … Continue reading

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Solitary 10

Connections between integers are deeply studied in the field of Number Theory.  In certain instances, these abstractions are attributed character that takes shape in tangible analogs. When referring to colleague and prodigy, Srinivasa Ramanujan, the mathematician John E. Littlewood remarked, … Continue reading

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Legendre’s Conjecture

Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752-1833), known for important concepts such as the Legendre polynomials and Legendre transformation, states that given an integer n > 0, there exists a prime number, p, between and , or alternatively, .  This conjecture constitutes one of … Continue reading

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