Category Archives: Mathematics

Monday Mandelbrot Madness XVII

Posted on 24 January 2011 by Xander
Posted in MMM | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Monday Mandelbrot Madness XVII

Circle or Square?

Posted on 23 January 2011 by Xander

Have a quick look at the figure below: Believe it or not, that figure is a circle.

Posted in Mathematics | Tagged | Comments Off on Circle or Square?

Monday Mandelbrot Madness XVI

Posted on 17 January 2011 by Xander
Posted in MMM | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Squares and Triangles

Posted on 15 January 2011 by Xander

Patrick Vennebush over at Math Jokes 4 Mathy Folks just posted an interesting problem: Three points are randomly chosen along perimeter of a square. What is the probability that the center of the square will be contained within the triangle … Continue reading →

Posted in Probability | Tagged , | 5 Comments

Monday Mandelbrot Madness XV

Posted on 10 January 2011 by Xander
Posted in MMM | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Monday Mandelbrot Madness XV

Monday Mandelbrot Madness XIV

Posted on 3 January 2011 by Xander
Posted in MMM | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Monday Mandelbrot Madness XIV

Monday Mandelbrot Madness XIII

Posted on 27 December 2010 by Xander
Posted in MMM | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Monday Mandelbrot Madness XIII

Monday Mandelbrot Madness XII

Posted on 20 December 2010 by Xander
Posted in MMM | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Monday Mandelbrot Madness XII

Monday Mandelbrot Madness XI

Posted on 13 December 2010 by Xander
Posted in MMM | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Monday Mandelbrot Madness XI

Is π Wrong?

Posted on 12 December 2010 by Xander

Several years ago, I came across an interesting article [pdf] by Bob Palais. The basic premise of the article is that the numerical constant π is wrong. Unlike many mathematical cranks, Palais is not arguing that the computed value of … Continue reading →

Posted in Mathematics | Tagged , | Comments Off on Is π Wrong?