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This week saw a flurry of mathematical activity, highlighted by the 238th Carnival of Mathematics, organized by Aperiodical. The carnival showcases a variety of submissions and mathematical art, focusing on the number 238 itself. Noteworthy facts about 238 include that it is 2 × 7 × 17, the sum of the first 13 primes, and a "triprime". The carnival also encourages exploration beyond pure mathematics, with community members contributing insights linking the number to uranium isotopes, birth minutes, and even hexadecimal representations. It also shines a light on #MathArtMarch, with examples of crochet, coding, and painting from around the world.
Continuing the daily exploration of numbers, several interesting facts and events were highlighted for April 6th, 7th, 8th and 10th. The number 96, the 96th day of the year, was examined for its unique properties, such as being the smallest number expressible as the difference of two squares in four different ways. Events like Euler's first paper on partitions (April 7th, 1741) and Al-Biruni's observation of a solar eclipse in 1019 were also noted, linking mathematical concepts to historical contexts. Also, the number 97 has been noted as the 97th day of the year, where 97 is the largest prime that we can ever find that is less than the sum of square of its digits.
In recreational mathematics, a "Salute" game for reinforcing multiplication and division was featured, emphasizing the inverse relationship between these operations. Additionally, the concept of "truncatable primes" was explored through a game where players create strings of prime numbers by adding digits to either end of a number. The number 91 was discussed as the 91st day of the year where 10 n + 91 and 10 n + 93 are twin primes for n = 1, 2, 3 and 4. Finally, highlighting mathematics beyond academia, James Abram Garfield, a former Congressman and mathematician, was mentioned for his original proof of the Pythagorean Theorem, illustrating the interdisciplinary nature of mathematics.
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Continuing the daily exploration of numbers, several interesting facts and events were highlighted for April 6th, 7th, 8th and 10th. The number 96, the 96th day of the year, was examined for its unique properties, such as being the smallest number expressible as the difference of two squares in four different ways. Events like Euler's first paper on partitions (April 7th, 1741) and Al-Biruni's observation of a solar eclipse in 1019 were also noted, linking mathematical concepts to historical contexts. Also, the number 97 has been noted as the 97th day of the year, where 97 is the largest prime that we can ever find that is less than the sum of square of its digits.
In recreational mathematics, a "Salute" game for reinforcing multiplication and division was featured, emphasizing the inverse relationship between these operations. Additionally, the concept of "truncatable primes" was explored through a game where players create strings of prime numbers by adding digits to either end of a number. The number 91 was discussed as the 91st day of the year where 10 n + 91 and 10 n + 93 are twin primes for n = 1, 2, 3 and 4. Finally, highlighting mathematics beyond academia, James Abram Garfield, a former Congressman and mathematician, was mentioned for his original proof of the Pythagorean Theorem, illustrating the interdisciplinary nature of mathematics.
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- Pat'sBlog: Blog post discussing mathematical facts and events for April 7.
- mathdaypballew.blogspot.com: Number facts for every year day 91-120
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- HashTags: #NumberTheory #Geometry #MathHistory
- Company: Math
- Target: Knowledge
- Product: General
- Feature: Exploration
- Type: News
- Severity: Informative