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Greatest Mathematicians and their Discoveries – Part 1
You will see some of the famous and greatest mathematicians from 500 BC to the 21st century. Let’s dive into the lives and groundbreaking discoveries of legendary mathematicians who shaped the world with their innovative ideas. Pythagoras Pythagoras, an ancient Greek mathematician, philosopher, and founder of the Pythagorean school, is best known for discovering the read more
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Every Logic Paradox Created by Mathematicians Explained
The Ring of Gyges by Plato The Ring of Gyges is a thought experiment from Plato’s book, The Republic, written in 380 BC. This story tackles what happens to morality when power takes over. The story revolves around a shepherd named Gyges in the kingdom of Lydia. One day, after an earthquake opens up the read more
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Every Type of Infinity Explained
Why does infinity never behave like a normal number? People think infinity is just a really big number, but infinity is the most broken idea in math, as it does not follow basic rules. Today we’ll cover infinity from ancient India and Greece all the way to the modern mathematics that rigorously define infinity today. read more
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Infinity Paradoxes That Shouldn’t Be Possible
Every Infinity Paradox Explained (Adding the equations and correctly ordering the sections is in progress) 1. Two Envelopes Paradox The Two Envelopes Paradox presents a dilemma about mathematical expectation that arises when comparing two unknown quantities. The problem is formulated as follows: there are two envelopes, one contains an amount , and the other contains read more
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Every Branch of Math Explained
Intro Dividing mathematics into distinct categories isn’t a simple task. Some fields are vast, while others are narrow, and in many cases, it’s hard to say where one subject ends and another begins. Still, we’ve done our best to make sense of it all. Arithmetic Arithmetic is the foundation of all mathematics. It studies numbers read more
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