EJ. Math Factor at the Farmer’s Market
We visit the Fayetteville Farmer’s Market, soliciting math questions, and pose a problem about funny walks.
EI. How to Pass a Cube Through Itself!
We conclude our interview with Dana Richards, editor of Martin Gardner’s Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems pondering how to cut a hole through a cube large enough that another, same-sized cube can pass through!
Follow Up: The Harmonic Series
That the worm falls off the end of the rope depends on the fact that the incredible
harmonic series
1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + . . .
diverges to infinity, growing as large as you please!
EH. The Worm Makes It!
Dana Richards, editor of Martin Gardner’s Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems explains why the worm makes it, in only about 15,092,688,622,113,788,323,693,563,264,538,101,449,859,497 steps! (Give or take a few.) This incredible fact depends on the mysterious Harmonic Series, discussed a little more in our next post.
EG. The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems
Dana Richards, editor of The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems discusses the amazing Martin Gardner and his legacy!
EF. Visions of Symmetry
M.C. Escher expert Doris Schattschneider, author of Visions of Symmetry, sits down with us in Leeuwarden Friesland, Escher’s boyhood hometown, to discuss his life and work.
EE. Tossem Beaver
ED. Mathemagican Art Benjamin
Art Benjamin, mathemagician at Harvey Mudd, staggers, astounds and entertains!
Follow Up: The Busy Beaver Function
Why can there be no computable bound to the Busy Beaver Function?
EC. Skyrocketing Functions!
Faster than an exponential! More powerful than double factorials!! The Busy Beaver Function tops anything that could ever be computed– and we mean ever
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