Math Fun
Simon finds the explanation on Brilliant.org incomplete, so he started a discussion about it on the Brilliant community page: https://brilliant.org/discussions/thread/games-of-chance-course-marble-problem/?ref_id=1570424
Category: Math Riddles
Bayes’ Theorem
Bayes’s Theorem calculates the probability of an event based upon the conditions that might be relevant to the event and is widely used to test the precision of medical tests … Continue reading Bayes’ Theorem
False Proofs: Can you figure out what’s wrong?
Simon shows three false proofs. Can you find the mistake in each proof? Simon reveals the answers to the first two. Try to give your answer to the third one. … Continue reading False Proofs: Can you figure out what’s wrong?
MathsJam Antwerp 20 November 2018
Always awesome input and a great deal of understanding coming from the math professors. The last picture is of Simon programming the solution on paper (he didn’t have the laptop … Continue reading MathsJam Antwerp 20 November 2018
Simon’s Proof for the Hundred Board Trick
Simon learned a new math trick last night called Hundred Board. He came up with two ways to prove why the trick always works:
The Leaning Tower of Lire
Also known as the Book-Stacking Problem. Simon had tried to build this tower at the Fries Museum where we visited a huge Escher exhibition (to the annoyance of the museum … Continue reading The Leaning Tower of Lire
One more of Simon’s impossible puzzles
Simon made this puzzle for me to solve… Except that it’s impossible. The objective is to move 5 so that no other number would be “lonely” (no longer adjascent to … Continue reading One more of Simon’s impossible puzzles
A trick with Lucas and Fibonacci numbers
Simon came up with this trick today and had Neva solve his riddle: any Fibonacci number is equal to the sum of its surrounding Lucas numbers divided by 5. And … Continue reading A trick with Lucas and Fibonacci numbers
Geeks out of the box 