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The nomadic life of Paul Erdos, the most prolific mathematician of all time
2+ week, 1+ day ago (867+ words) Erd's was described by Scientific American as the most prolific mathematician of all time. Born in Budapest in 1913 to Jewish parents who both taught mathematics, he endured family tragedy from birth: his two sisters, aged three and five, died of…...
Integrating smooth periodic functions
2+ week, 2+ day ago (180+ words) Several posts lately have looked at the function f(x) = cos(sin(x) +x). This post will look at the function from a different angle. It's a smooth function with period 2, and it's very flat at odd multiples of, i. e. the first five derivatives…...
Owasso fourth grader tests his knowledge against students from around the world
2+ week, 5+ day ago (575+ words) Drew Carter was among a select group of Owasso students who qualified for the competition, where students competed in academic events covering subjects such as geography, science and mathematics. For Drew, the trip marked his first experience at a national…...
Figure 3. The quarter circle visualization for the calculation of c.
3+ week, 2+ day ago (24+ words) The Tech Figure 3. The quarter circle visualization for the calculation of c....