#Mathematical

One of the basics of mathematics is knowing whether the number is even or odd, divisible by 2 and by the sum of its numbers .. But look at this
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As frustrating as all this is to watch, I do understand why they have to be so incredibly cautious. This won't be a popular take, but what scares me, and
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Believe me, @graciegcunning, you sounded smart (indeed, brilliant) before, and you sound even smarter here. Your questions are ancient, deep, and fascinating. And it's vastly more important to ask good
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Breaking News: The Supreme Court has now officially docketed the case filed by Texas against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. This means the case will be heard before the Supreme
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Watching music theory reckon with structural racism and entrenched white supremacy has me pondering similar issues structural issues in who we venerate in mathematics. We have our Schenkers, undoubtedly; Teichmüller,
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The Gomes 'herd immunity' paper is, I believe, mathematically correct. I find it actually useful to conceptualise why 'pandemic waves' die out, well below classical 'herd immunity' thresholds and despite
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#irrationalebullience If you want to understand the nature of this asset bubble and the epic capital mis-allocation at it’s heart, look no further than rates. CB’s only tool to push
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Development of zero as a mathematical concept may have been inspired by India’s long philosophical tradition and a culture that is quite happy to conceive of the void (Shunya- symbol
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Right, I know I keep banging on about Deepmind & Alphafold, but something I (a) do for a living and (b) am knowledgable about, is finally in the news, so
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In the history of mathematics, the concept of zero is rather new. Humans appeared on the earth approximately 200,000 years ago and only around 3000 BCE, men learned mathematics. Zero
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Reading Mathematical Tasks from @ChrisMcGrane84 and @EmathsUK this morning. Reading about pedagogy in Chapter 4 and this sort of calculation from Wertheimer got me thinking. I have way too many
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After Brunelleschi & Alberti’s studies, almost every artist in Florence and Italy tried to represent three-dimensional objects using the geometric perspective in their paintings. From Donatello, Masolino & Uccello to Perugino
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Below-replacement fertility is a fake idea and I say that as a demographerhttps://twitter.com/JDVance1/status/1323061111185440768 "Replacement level" is the fertility rate that would lead to zero population growth over the long te
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Mathematics was a chapter in astronomy booksGanitam गणितं (maths) was a chapter in Jyotisham ज्योतिषं books. Jyotisha is astrology, isnt it? Or is it astronomy? Was it superstition or science or an inseparable
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GPU mining is currently the most hot topic so my few ideas.Dislaimer in this thread there will be few price projections on ETH, LTC, BTC based on mathematical models. Do
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(big important thread) The HWFO Civil War Cycle begins with a historical frequency analysis of the chance over a given lifetime of US civil war. Spoiler, it's way bigger than
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