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
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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.
Convex vs. Concave Mirror
Simon learned this from Tadashi Tokieda in a Numberphile video called “Reflected Cats” and recreated the experiment.
Geeks out of the box 