Happy B’day John Venn!

Mathematician John Venn was born 187 years ago on 4th August! ЁЯОВ A Venn diagram is an illustration that uses circles to show the relationships among things or finite groups of things. Circles that overlap have a commonality while circles that do not overlap do not share those traits. Venn diagrams help to visually represent... Continue Reading →

Nilkantha Bhanu Prakash On Riemann Hypothesis

I love mathematics - the recreational mathematics in particular. I regularly watch Matt Parker and Numberphile video channels on Youtube and am always in search of new interesting videos. Interestingly, I found an interesting Math interview at very unusual place - on a podcast of a stand-up comedian. If you like Mathematics, as I do,... Continue Reading →

Happy Perfect Number Day!

Today is Perfect Number Day! A Perfect Number is a number whose factors add up to the same number. For example, 6 is a Perfect Number because the factors of 6 (= 1+2+3) add up to 6. The next Perfect number is 28 (= 1+2+4+7+14). Yes, you guessed it right! That's why 6/28 i.e. 28th... Continue Reading →

February 2021: Perfect Rectangle Month

This year February is an exact rectangle because it starts on a Monday and itтАЩs not a leap year. But itтАЩs not as rare as I see people claiming (every 200 years apparentlyтА╜), itтАЩs about every 10 years. The previous was 2010 and the next is 2027. Courtesy: Matt Parker, Mathematician

Magic of 21!

Maths is fun! Today is the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century! To celebrate here is a 21 by 21 magic square which has a magic total of 21.

Math Is Fun

Amazing circle of numbers 1 to 32 without repetition such that the sum of any two adjacent numbers on this circle is a perfect square.

Happy New Year 2021

2021 is the smallest number that can be expressed as the product of two consecutive primes that produces a palindrome when multiplied by its reverse and that is a position in ╧А, e and ╧Ж with the same digit. 2021 is the smallest number made from the concatenation of rising consecutive integers that can be... Continue Reading →

Happy Pythagorean Theorem Day

Today is #PythagoreanTheoremDay. Also known as тАЬRight Triangle Day,тАЭ itтАЩs a day when the sums of the squares of the month and day equal the square of the last two digits of the year. Clever and elusive, weтАЩre celebrating it now because the next time this happens is in 2025! ЁЯУР

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