Appreciation

Mathematical Valentine

I wonder if this will be a popular query on WolframAlpha today:

Thanks to @mathematicsprof for the idea!

McValue

Prior to seeing this sign, I had no idea Chicken McNuggets could ever be purchased in quantities greater than 20.

Furthermore, at $10.99, this is the lowest price-per-nugget I have ever seen, coming in at just around 22 cents per McNugget. That’s over 10% cheaper than the limited-time 4-McNuggets-for-a-dollar special!

Since this offer is available only in Puerto Rico, a serious price analysis would have to include some kind of cost-of-living / value-of-the-dollar comparison.

If I recall correctly, the Big Mac was priced about the same as in the U.S.: that’s probably a good enough benchmark, isn’t it? I’m sure there’s a Big Mac-index in somebody’s international economics book.

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The Most Beautiful Equations

This is a nice comment-thread and poll on Quora responding to the question “What is the most beautiful equation?”

http://www.quora.com/Mathematics/What-is-the-most-beautiful-equation

No surprise to see Euler’s Identity on top with a whopping 350 votes.

There are fun entries all throughout thread, and I definitely learned a few things through perusing. And I guess I can forgive the participants for including some inequalities on the list.

By patrick honner, 14 years8 years ago

Appreciation Geometry Photography

Quadrilaterals on the Beach

Another pleasant way to pass the time at the sea: assembling a family of quadrilaterals!

By patrick honner, 14 years8 years ago

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Origami Buckyball

This is a cool video showing the assembly of an origami Buckyball.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb2lHNqPm7w

The Buckyball is a geometric form named after the architect, designer, and futurist Buckminster Fuller, who used the shape in his designs. It was later discovered that certain carbon molecules take the shape of buckyballs, and it was even recently confirmed that these molecules existed in deep space.

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