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Why do we assume black holes are spherical?
The area of gravitational influence around planets, stars, and black holes is spherical because it pulls equally in all directions.
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Is mathematics an invention or a discovery?
Some believe that mathematics itself exists in nature, waiting to be discovered; while others believe that mathematics is entirely a creation of the human brain.
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Descartes' 'Dream of Revelation': What Opened Up the Whole of Analytical Geometry and Philosophy for Humanity
Have you ever been sleeping and woken up with a start, feeling like your head was exploding?
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Euclid and the birth of geometry
Euclid (330 - 275 BC) was born in Athens, the capital of Greece, one of the largest and most beautiful ancient cities in the world.
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Combining chaos theory and geometry, the mathematician received the prestigious Abel Prize
Dennis Sullivan was awarded the 2022 Abel Prize, one of the most prestigious prizes in mathematics, for his contributions to the fields of topology and dynamical systems.
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Ancient maze mystery with giant stone boxes weighing hundreds of tons of square shaped edges
How did the ancient Egyptians create stone boxes weighing hundreds of tons with 90-degree right angles, a size error of only one thousandth of an inch thousands of years…
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Why are cylindrical trunks?
Geometry tells us that the area of a circle is larger than any other.
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The matchstick problem made many people confused
The puzzle problem requires turning two triangles from 6 matches into 4 shapes by moving only two rods but not everyone can find the answer right away.
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Review the 8 most important numbers in mathematics
There are infinite numbers, and infinite ways to combine and manipulate those numbers. Mathematicians often represent numbers in a straight line.
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Microsoft 's toughest interview question caused candidates to fall back.
If you are about to take part in an interview with one of the world's leading technology companies, you are mentally prepared for
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Find out how to weigh black holes: use galaxy spiral arms
Dr. Benjamin Davis and Professor Alister Graham, led this new study to restore the link between mass black holes and spiral branch geometry.
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The ancient Babylonians used the tracking geometry of Jupiter
Ancient Babylonians used complex mathematical operations to track Jupiter's movement in the night sky from 350 BC.
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If you solve this puzzle, you are even better than an architect
The imaginative puzzles of space geometry do not seem to be strong for many people, including architects.
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Flower masterpieces formed by the technology of the time @
These are beautiful artworks about flowers using Fractal technology. Fractal is a geometric object that often has a kinked shape on every magnification rate, and can be…
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2016 Nobel Prize in Physics and the mystery of strange materials
The trio of scientists who received the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics used the topology geometry, a branch of mathematics, to explain the bizarre states of matter such as…