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Mathematicians can be fascinated by the elegance and beauty of the ideas behind mathematical theories. Mathematical structures are already out there and our goal is to discover them.
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How can we know something exists if we cannot find it?•••
July 29 2024, by Fabian BurghartThe probabilistic method was pioneered by the Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős, famous for his many contributions to combinatorics and graph theory, and it has since become an important tool in these areas of mathematics. Is this article you will learn how it works!Read article - Article
Tales of the Tails: (Not so) mysterious Heavy Tail worldbeyond the Bell Curve••
June 24 2024, by Agnieszka JanickaThe scientific world would not be what it is today without normal distribution. It is the foundation of many statistical models for several good reasons. Most importantly, it appears commonly in nature. But this is only the tip of the iceberg.Read article - Article
What is the chance of throwing six with a fair die?•
May 13 2024, by Twan KoperbergIf, after reading the title, your immediate response is to shout "1/6-th", then you have correctly answered the question. Well done! However, in this article we will focus on the meaning of this question. What exactly is this "chance" of which you've just exclaimed it equals 1/6-th?Read article - Article
The Elegant Heist: Mastering the Art of Necklace Splitting••
April 6 2024, by Yilin LiEver wondered how stolen necklaces are tactfully divided? Join us on a captivating journey into the math under necklace splitting! This journey will lead us to a wonderful and very important theorem in mathematics, the Borsuk-Ulam theorem.Read article - Article
The magic of mathematics ♠️♥️♣️♦️••
March 30 2024, by Chinook FelixDid you know that a city tour was the foundation of the mathematical field of graph theory? And that graph theory has applications even in magic?Read article