Content tagged with “math” under “The Interesting List”

“ A collection of amazing patterns generated by Conway’s Game of Life. ”

“ A retired mathematician discovered a flaw in a state lottery game. He exploited it for a decade and won millions. ”

“ There is a standard written notation to describe juggling patterns and techniques, much like written music and written chess moves. ”

“ A list and description of dozens of spreadsheet errors that had significant business impact. ”

“ Someone got a theoretical game of Monopoly down to seven rolls of the dice, which they claim can be done in 13 seconds. And it turns out that Monopoly is hated among board game aficionados. ”

“ An entertaining look at the problem of ‘cranks’ in mathematics. These are people who are convinced they’ve solved impossible problems, and refuse to be disabused of that notion. ”

“ An incredible interactive feature article about diffusion among networks, such as illnesses or innovations. It has some wonderful JavaScript visualizations. ”