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The shortest-known paper in a math journal. Just two sentences.
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Jun 12
Breathtaking geometric art by Julia Ibbini. She is using geometry to explore the language of patterns. 😍
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Jun 10
If you need to multiply 1034482758620689655172413793 by 3, all you need to do is bring the last digit to the front. 😎
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Why do almost no math movies actually explain math? Because the real story was never the equation. It was the person solving it. Here are 23 math movies that understood that 👇 abakcus.com/the-best-math-mo…

The 23 Best Math Movies of All Time

Twenty-three films where mathematics is the plot — A Beautiful Mind, Good Will Hunting, Pi, The Imitation Game, Hidden Figures and more. With trailers and where to watch.

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Show that there exist irrational numbers x and y such that x^y is rational.
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A knot zoo. knotplot.com/zoo/
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Visualization of sin^2 x cos^2 x = 1.
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The periodic table of elements scaled to show the actual abundance of the elements on Earth by Prof. Wm. F. Sheehan in 1976.
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Today I learned that the Spanish company Arbore is taking inspiration from M.C. Escher's tessellated lizards for their floor designs.
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Mathematical physicist Roger Penrose's journal is so beautiful. abakcus.com/articles/penrose…
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The importance of stupidity in scientific research.
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A curve that intersects its own asymptote infinitely many times.
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TIL a deceased mathematician was listed as coauthor of a landmark 1990 paper after he appeared in his friend's dream — 94 days after his death — and whispered the key idea that had been blocking the proof for 3 years. His friend checked the math. It worked. abakcus.com/articles/thomaso…

The Ghost Who Solved a Theorem

A dream from a friend dead 94 days solved a fifteen-year problem — and earned him a coauthor credit. The strangest story in modern mathematics.

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May 30
Physics.
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Yasutoki Kariya's Asobi (2012). Newton's Cradle reimagined with light bulbs. Energy that travels as light. abakcus.com/videos/asobi-yas…
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The Extinction Illusion. Your brain swears the right side has more dots — it’s actually exactly the same as the left. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…
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The best math books were sometimes written by painters, composers, and architects. abakcus.com/book-lists/math-…

14 Mathematics Books Written by Artists, Architects, and Writers

Pacioli, Dürer, Carroll, Borges, Xenakis — fourteen mathematics books written by artists, architects, and writers.

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This journal is beautiful.
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