Mathematics

Zenos Paradox

While I’ve never been much of a fan of mathematics, there are times when it has its uses. Take for example the measuring cup or the yardstick. Without the discovery and development of a numbering system, mankind would never have…
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Statistics Satire Funny Humor

Television news programs often run surveys where they invite their viewing audience to participate in some silly poll by texting their opinions (at 99 cents per message) to the number they provide. Then the news programs show the results and…
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Why Mathematics is not a Science

Mathematics is independent of experience. “How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of experience, is so admirably appropriate to the objects of reality?” So Albert Einstein said. He, of course,…
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Artificial Neuro Networks

Artificial Neural Networks Neural Networks are one of the three main knowledge based systems. The others being AI (Artificial Intelligence),  Fuzzy Systems, as well as hybrid systems. Neural Networks try to mimic humanlike rationalization. Inspired to reproduce the reasoning and processing…
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Fermats last Theorem

Fermat’s Last Theorem(This article draws on the excellent paperback, Fermat’s Enigma” by Simon Singh.)I begin with a riddle: Three Navajo women sit side by side on the ground. The first woman, who is sitting on a buffalo skin, has a…
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Finding the Area of Quadrilaterals

Finding the Area of Any Quadrilateral Quadrilaterals are four-sided, two-dimensional figures. There are numerous formulas that are taught for computing their areas, but they can all be found from a single source. Any quadrilateral can be divided into two triangles…
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