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When the rules of arithmetic proved too restrictive, scholars simply fabricated a new dimension of digits. The square root of a negative is a brilliant…
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Our reliance on base-ten counting is mathematically mediocre, born only because we have ten fingers. Base-twelve, or the duodecimal system, is objectively…
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Despite taking all the historical credit, Pythagoras was beaten to the punch by centuries. Ancient Babylonians and Indians were already successfully using the…
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Zeno's dichotomy paradox playfully argues that motion is an illusion. To reach a destination, you must first cross halfway. Then half of the remaining gap,…
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To a topologist, a ceramic mug and a pastry are exactly the same thing because they both possess exactly one hole. Since topology only cares about continuous…
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The Clay Mathematics Institute isolated seven massive mathematical problems and offered a one million dollar bounty for each. To date, only one has been…
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