Trinity Hall Prime Number
Simon saw this pattern in a Numberphile video featuring Tadashi Tokieda and recreated it in Excel, adding colours. There are 30 columns and 45 rows of digits in this picture, … Continue reading Trinity Hall Prime Number
Category: Crafty
Knots and Links
Simon explains: The Knot Atlas is a complete catalogue of all the possible knots and links and links with 3 or fewer components and 11 or fewer crossings. The number … Continue reading Knots and Links
Tricks with paperclips and Knot Theory
Simon is pretty obsessed with Knot Theory at the moment (a mathematical theory that is widely used in advanced biology and chemistry, for example in handling tangled DNA). He also … Continue reading Tricks with paperclips and Knot Theory
Circle passing through a smaller square
Simon made a remix of the Numberphile video called “Round Peg in a Square Hole” (by Tadashi Tokieda) and worked out the albraic formula behind the trick.
Configurations in a Rubik’s Square
Simon calculating how many configurations are possible in a Rubik’s Square – a flat puzzle he invented, resembling the Rubik’s Cube. He comes to the conclusion that there are only … Continue reading Configurations in a Rubik’s Square
Mom is 100111! And she is 33! And 124!
It’s my birthday today and Simon has calculated my age in bases 2-12, 16 and 20! In the video, he explains what my color is in hexadecimal (base 16), how … Continue reading Mom is 100111! And she is 33! And 124!
Simon’s Spirograph
Simon saw a way to draw epitrochoids (gear rolling outside another gear) and hypotrochoids (gear rolling inside another gear) on VSauce: two equal circles rolling around each other form a … Continue reading Simon’s Spirograph
Maths Jam in May
What a blissful atmosphere at Maths Jam Antwerp yesterday, full of respect, encouragement and acceptance. It’s an international monthly meet-up taking place every second to last Tuesday of the month, … Continue reading Maths Jam in May
Simon’s little slide rule
Simon has crafted his own tiny slide rule that he carries around rolled up in an elastic band and calls his “toy”. The two strips of paper aligned together in … Continue reading Simon’s little slide rule
4D Solids at our home!
Simon and Neva make a 3D projection of a Hypertetrahedron – one of the regular solids in 4D – using straws. Simon looks up the formula for the center of … Continue reading 4D Solids at our home!
Geeks out of the box 