“Infinity earned its rightful place as a legitimate mathematical concept towards the end of the nineteenth century. The two big players behind… — Matt Parker Copy Share Image
“If we wanted to do a second calculation on our domino computer, it would take another day to stand all the dominoes… — Matt Parker Another day Copy Share Image
“Oresme's genius was to make a new series which was definitely smaller than the harmonic series. He took the list of all… — Matt Parker Copy Share Image
“There has been some progress on proving the Riemann Hypothesis, but it remains unsolved. In 1914, Hardy managed to prove that there… — Matt Parker Right track Copy Share Image
“The MathWorld entry currently ends with the quiet plea: 'A modern survey would be welcome.' All we seem to be doing at… — Matt Parker Time Copy Share Image
“There are only three Platinic solids in 5D. No problem; we'll check 6D. In six dimensions, there are still exactly the same… — Matt Parker Copy Share Image
“Finding a method to categorize transcendental numbers was one of David Hilbert's great unsolved maths problems (along with the Riemann Hypothesis), and… — Matt Parker Copy Share Image
“The Lucas-Lehmer primality test also uses a recursive function to produce a sequence of numbers (the Lucas-Lehmer sequence). This sequence starts with… — Matt Parker Copy Share Image
“For example, to a mathematician, the number 28 is really 2×2×7, which is known as the prime decomposition of 28. Prime numbers… — Matt Parker Prime Number Copy Share Image
“The square of every prime number is one more than a multiple of 24.” — Matt Parker Mathematics Copy Share Image
“Part of Ramanujan's genius was to find a way to get values out of the zeta function for negative values. As we… — Matt Parker Copy Share Image
“Investigating the sum of reciprocal powers gives insights into the product of all the primes (in fraction form).” — Matt Parker Wisdom Copy Share Image
“Solving the puzzle of a nineteenth-century French toy (Tower of Hanoi) is the same as moving around hypercubes is the same as… — Matt Parker Copy Share Image
