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Month: September 2018

Math, Rhythmic patterns & A Card Trick

Posted on September 30, 2018October 1, 2018 By Simply Curious No Comments on Math, Rhythmic patterns & A Card Trick
Math, Rhythmic patterns & A Card Trick
Recreational Math, Science in Daily Life

Another Wednesday, another session of Manjul Bhargava’s entertaining and instructive class at the National Museum of Mathematics, in New York City. This time, the topic was that of rhythmic combinations and their connection to mathematics. As the sentence itself suggests, combinations of rhythms lead to combinatorial arithmetic – the notions of Fibonacci numbers and Pascal’s … Read More “Math, Rhythmic patterns & A Card Trick” »

Of Baby Hummers and clock arithmetic with Aryabhata and Archimedes

Posted on September 15, 2018September 15, 2018 By Simply Curious 1 Comment on Of Baby Hummers and clock arithmetic with Aryabhata and Archimedes
Recreational Math, Science in Daily Life

I spent a pleasant evening at the National Museum of Mathematics  this week – the first session of a semester long program of lecture demonstrations about mathematics and magic. The instructor is Manjul Bhargava, the famous Princeton mathematician. I thought the ideas were worth discussing in a more public forum, so I resolved to demonstrate … Read More “Of Baby Hummers and clock arithmetic with Aryabhata and Archimedes” »

A young Einstein at his desk, contemplating the world with his mind!

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