Tag: Maths
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Every Small Math Mistake that caused Huge Chaos
When Tiny Math Errors Caused Massive Disasters Aircraft Carrier Landing Strip Angles The Vasa The Laufenburg Bridge French High-Speed Trains Air Canada Flight 143 The S-80 Plus Class Submarines Amsterdam Housing Benefits The Titanic When Tiny Math Errors Caused Massive Disasters Aircraft Carrier Landing Strip Angles An aircraft carrier is a ship that essentially acts… read more
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Every Unsolved Circle Problem that Sounds Easy
Five Circle Problems That Are Way Harder Than They Look The Erdős-Oler Conjecture The Gauss Circle Problem The Kissing Number Problem Unequal Circle Packing Sendov’s Conjecture The Erdős-Oler Conjecture A unit circle is a circle whose radius (the distance from the center to the edge) is 1. An equilateral triangle is a triangle where… read more
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Unsolved Math Problems That Took Centuries to Solve
Famous Math Problems That Took Centuries to Solve Squaring the Circle Euler’s Sum of Powers Conjecture The Four Color Map Theorem Legendre’s Constant Fermat’s Last Theorem Squaring the Circle We begin with a sheet of paper, a pencil, and only two other tools. The first is a straight edge, a ruler with no markings that… read more
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Every Major Topic in Calculus Explained – Part 2
A Complete Guide to Integrals What Are Integrals? The Power Rule The Sum Rule Integration by Substitution Integration by Parts Integration by Partial Fractions Definite Integrals A Real-Life Application A Complete Guide to Integrals What Are Integrals? An integral is a mathematical operation that computes the area under a curve or the accumulation of a… read more
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Every Major Topic in Calculus Explained – Part 1
A Complete Walkthrough of Calculus What Is Calculus? Functions Limits Derivatives Derivative Rules Derivatives of All Six Trigonometric Functions A Real-Life Application of Derivatives A Complete Walkthrough of Calculus What Is Calculus? Calculus is the branch of mathematics involving the study of the continuous rate of change of quantities, particularly in the context of functions… read more
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