March 13. The day known to the nerd community as “Pi Day”! The day of “π”.
Why that day? Because if you write that date in the American way (3/14) you get the first three digits of Pi! Pi day is almost as awesome as the Star Wars Day. The fact that Star Wars ...
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Pi Day and the Length of an Arc of a Circle
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Flag! A piece of fabric that defines a place and a (usually) large group of people! From football club flags to National flags many events have occurred due to their existence, or they are just used as an excuse for some not so friendly and loving events! But who says that a piece of cloth ...
The superformula is a generalization of the superellipse and was first proposed by Johan Gielis in 2003. Gielis suggested that the formula can be used to describe many complex shapes and curves that are found in nature.
In polar coordinates, with r the radius and φ the angle, the superformula is:
The parametric equation for X ...
Lately Boeing R&D department claimed that they created “the worlds lightest material”, which is also extremely durable.
It is called “microlattice” and it is a synthetic porous metallic material, consisting of an ultra-light metal foam.
What makes it so light you ask my young padawan? Well it is lattice of interconnected hollow tubes with a wall thickness of 100 nanometers ...
Archimedes of Syracuse was an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. He is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity beside the fact that we know very little about his life.
He is considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, and he anticipated modern calculus and analysis by ...