Posts Tagged ‘math’
An Adventure in the Nth Dimension » American Scientist
Monday, April 16th, 2012An Adventure in the Nth Dimension » American Scientist
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/an-adventure-in-the-nth-dimension n-ball size v n: pi, 4.2=pi*4/3, 5=(pi^2)/2, 5.3=(8/15)*pi^2, 5.2, 4.7, 4.1…. to zero
resulting from the competition of pi^m v m!
Article: Op-Ed: 364-Day Calendar Intriguing But Unnecessary
Sunday, January 15th, 2012Op-Ed: 364-Day Calendar Intriguing But Unnecessary
https://www.npr.org/2012/01/02/144583975/op-ed-364-day-calendar-intriguing-but-unnecessary
mentions knuckle counting, viz
http://lifehacker.com/232828/macgyver-tip-use-your-knuckles-to-remember-each-months-days