God Plays Dice
A random walk through mathematics -- mostly through the random part.
19 August 2011
Some thoughts on the mathematics of tax withholding
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Here's a question of some practical importance: let's say that I make $2,000 in each of the first six months of the year, and $4,000...
16 August 2011
God tweets about playing dice
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There's a book coming out in November, The Last Testament: A Memoir by God . "God" tweets at TheTweetOfGod , and "He...
14 August 2011
867-5309
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The number 8,675,309 is the title of a song . It is also a prime number, and as far as I can tell, it's the largest prime number to appe...
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12 August 2011
A puzzle about splitting up numbers into groups
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A puzzle from David Radcliffe : "Split {1,2,...,16} into two groups of the same size having equal sums, equal sums of squares, and equa...
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08 August 2011
Dimensional analysis for gravity trains
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A surprising fact: drill a straight tunnel through the earth, between any two points. Drop a burrito in at one end. Assuming that you coul...
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03 August 2011
Give your money to Samuel Hansen's math kickstarter!
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Alright, folks. You should give some money to Samuel Hansen's Kickstarter project Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain...
07 July 2011
A cute number theory puzzle
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Today's MAA number of the day , when multiplied by its successor, gives a number concatenated with itself. (Like 455 * 539 = 245245, exc...
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