Interesting Math Links

Interesting Math Links

Three's a crowd?

Researchers crack Newton's elusive three-body problem

https://phys.org/…/2019-12-newton-elusive-three-body-proble…

After so many years, a new way of solving quadratic equations? Exciting breaking news. By the way, the proof is by Professor Loh is a Madison Memorial High school graduate :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBalWWHYFQc

An interesting perspective.

Is it better to teach pure math instead of applied math?

https://hechingerreport.org/pure-math-better-applied-math/…

Neutrinos Lead to Unexpected Discovery in Basic Math !

https://www.quantamagazine.org/neutrinos-lead-to-unexpect…/…

So 47 years ago, a sitting US president used the third derivative during a reelection campaign : President Nixon said "the rate of increase of inflation was decreasing".

A very interesting article on student evaluations and learning. https://www.mathvalues.org/…/student-teaching-evaluations-a…

Looks like a partial answer to the Twin Primes Conjecture was posed on September 7 (and a WI mathematician is involved). This conjecture which is around 160 years old predicts that there are infinitely many prime pairs with a difference of 2 (like {3,5}, {5,7}, {11,13} and {17,19} etc. ) . https://www.wired.com/…/a-big-question-about-prime-numbers…/

For 65 years, mathematicians were trying to see whether 33 and 42 can be written as the sum of cubes of three integers, and this year they found out..........https://www.sciencealert.com/the-sum-of-three-cubes-problem…

A very nice short proof on the divergence of the Harmonic Series. (Courtesy of my friend Pramathanath Sastry and mathematician Shamik Banerjee). Enjoy ! See below for picture

An interesting perspective about the life of one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century (Alexander Grothendieck ) and a theory on how the intelligence required for the highest level contributions to mathematics can delay or event prevent mental illness in those who are susceptible,

https://www.psychologytoday.com/…/2…/the-mad-genius-mystery…

Well, before February ends, let's read about a couple who visited the Math Department on their wedding day and the love they have for the "Intermediate Value THeorem". https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/…/the-couple-that-st…/…

An answer to a counting puzzle which will blow your mind. How many collisions ? https://www.youtube.com/watch…

Did you know that while you were all studying for finals in December , the largest known prime number, with 24,862,048 digits was discovered ? https://www.mersenne.org/primes/…

What is an actuary? (In one minute... ) https://www.facebook.com/Actuarial/videos/751438095222444/UzpfSTY4MDIwMzA5MzoxMDE1NzM0MDM2OTE3ODA5NA/

oday, November 16, 2018, A coup is planned in the "Ministry of Weights". Seriously! It will mean the end of the Kilogram as we know it. https://www.theverge.com/…/kilogram-new-definition-kg-metri…

The kilogram is dead; long live the kilogram.

So you think prime numbers are random? Not so fast! A new study by Princeton Mathematicians has uncovered a hidden connection between primes and crystal-like materials!

https://www.princeton.edu/…/surprising-hidden-order-unites-…

Solve a 25-year-old math mystery while playing video games and watching TV? https://www.theverge.com/…/4chan-anon-anime-haruhi-math-mys…

Campus under a zombie attack? Math Professor Colin Adams shows how calculus can save you. https://www.youtube.com/watch…