Summer Style Math
With grandma visiting
Month: May 2018
Ramanujan’s Taxicab Numbers
Ramanujan’s Taxicab Numbers are the smallest numbers that can be written as a sum of two numbers to the power of n in two different ways. We only know such … Continue reading Ramanujan’s Taxicab Numbers
Random Field Card Trick
Simon has invented this card trick using a random field of cards and allowing him to predict nearly the whole path through the field. You can play along as a … Continue reading Random Field Card Trick
Another glimpse of Simon’s latest notes
Simon trying to develop the remainder theorem further: Imperial measurements system: Geometric series: Primes: Venn Diagram: Clock-face Puzzle (guessing a number on the clock face after the player spells several … Continue reading Another glimpse of Simon’s latest notes
Sunday Geometry
Simon proving that the three angles below add up to 90 degrees:
Archemedes Puzzle
Simon showing the Archimedes puzzle he made himself to his Russian grandmom. Archimedes had created a colorless version of this puzzle, but Simon decided to add colors and use the … Continue reading Archemedes Puzzle
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +… = – 1/12? Or does it break math?
Simon keeps coming back to this irresistible math problem about whether the infinite sum 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +… converges to negative 1/12. He was quite disappointed … Continue reading 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +… = – 1/12? Or does it break math?
Mathematical Knots
And Simon learned that a Mobius ring is a knot, too.
Simon’s True Gems
Just look at those precious mathematical jewels! And just think of all the tricks you can come up with! Simon’s favourite trick, something he learned from Matt Parker, is quickly … Continue reading Simon’s True Gems
The Euler Line in Triangles
Simon trying to get three dots in one line. Inspired by a Numberphile video.
Geeks out of the box 