Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Happy pi approximation day

Dear Reader,
Well, today is Pi Approximation Day.
Pi Approximation Day celebrates the mathematical constant π (pi). It is observed on July 22, due to π being roughly equal to 22/7.
The fractional approximation of π ,22⁄7, resembles the date July 22 in the day/month format, where it is written 22/7. Pi Approximation Day is therefore celebrated on July 22.
In geometry, pi is defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. July 22, often written as 22/7, is an appropriate day to explore pi, since 22 divided by 7 is an approximation of pi.
Pi Approximation Day is celebrated in a number of ways, including contests to memorize pi to the most decimal places, solving math problems involving pi, discovering the history of pi, ruminating on how life would be different without pi and—of course—eating pie.
So, enjoy this mathematical day ...
Amit Sir

Sunday, July 19, 2015

Movies Related to Mathematics

1. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
2. A Brilliant Young Mind (2014)
3. Good Will Hunting (1997)
4. IQ(1994)
5. The Number 23 (2007)
6. Proof (2005)
7. Contact (1997)
8. Sphere (1998)
9. Stand and Deliver (1988)
10. cube(1997)
11. 21 (2008)
12. The 4th Dimension (2006)
13. Bianca (1984)
14. Fermat's Last Tango (2001 Video)
15. Fermat's Room (2007)
16. Hotel Hilbert (1996 TV Movie)
17. Numb3rs (2005)
18. The Man Without a Face (1993)
19. A Brief History of Time (1992)
20. The Theory of Everything (2014 film)
21. Primer (2004)
22. Enigma (2001)
23. Sneakers(1992)
24. 21 grams (2003)
25. Pi(1998)
26. Straw dogs (1971)
27. A summer's tale (1996)



Friday, July 17, 2015

What's the next number?

How would you continue the sequence 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9?
The next number might be:
• 10, if this is the sequence of natural numbers;
• 1, if this is the sequence of the digital sums of natural numbers;
• 11, if this the sequence of palindromes;
• 0, if this is the sequence of digital products of natural numbers;
• 13, if this is the sequence of numbers such that 2 to their powers doesn’t contain 0;
• 153, if this is the sequence of numbers that are sums of fixed powers of their digits;
• 22, if this is the sequence of numbers for which the sum of digits equals the product of digits;
or • any number you want.

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