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Really Complex Matrices

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Samuel Nunoo

If you know how to multiply 2×2 matrices, and know about complex numbers, then you’ll enjoy this connection. Any complex number...

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Samuel Nunoo

After learning about the Taylor series for 1/(1+x) in calculus, you can find an interesting expression for Pi very easily. Start with...

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Samuel Nunoo

Did you know that it is possible to cut a solid ball into 5 pieces, and by re-assembling them, using...

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Samuel Nunoo

If you’ve seen the Banach-Tarski paradox, you know that it is possible to cut a solid 3-dimensional ball into 5 pieces...

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Samuel Nunoo

Did you know that every sufficiently smooth function on an interval can be expressed as an infinite sum of sines...

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Samuel Nunoo

One of the most useful theorems in mathematics is an amazing topological result known as the Brouwer Fixed Point Theorem....