#mathfun — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #mathfun, aggregated by home.social.
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If you have a young child who likes to think about big numbers and learn their names: this website reads the long names of numbers back to you up to one googol. (no ads, no trackers, privacy-safe).
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🧙♂️💡 Oh, joy—another attempt to make math "fun" with a Dungeons & Dragons twist! Because nothing says "rigorous proof" like rolling a 20-sided die while pretending your graph theory is a goblin. 🎲📜
https://dhilst.github.io/algae/game/index.html #mathfun #DungeonsAndDragons #gamification #graphtheory #storytelling #HackerNews #ngated -
🧙♂️💡 Oh, joy—another attempt to make math "fun" with a Dungeons & Dragons twist! Because nothing says "rigorous proof" like rolling a 20-sided die while pretending your graph theory is a goblin. 🎲📜
https://dhilst.github.io/algae/game/index.html #mathfun #DungeonsAndDragons #gamification #graphtheory #storytelling #HackerNews #ngated -
🐒 Welcome to "Slava's Monoid Zoo," where Swift compilers meet mathematical mundanity in a carnival of confusion. 🎪🤡 Prepare for a thrilling ride through the wilds of finitely-presented monoids as we attempt to solve the word problem, one mind-numbing step at a time. Spoiler alert: it's just like algebra class, but worse! 🔢😵
https://factorcode.org/slava/monoids.html #SlavasMonoidZoo #SwiftCompilers #MathFun #CarnivalOfConfusion #WordProblem #HackerNews #ngated -
🐒 Welcome to "Slava's Monoid Zoo," where Swift compilers meet mathematical mundanity in a carnival of confusion. 🎪🤡 Prepare for a thrilling ride through the wilds of finitely-presented monoids as we attempt to solve the word problem, one mind-numbing step at a time. Spoiler alert: it's just like algebra class, but worse! 🔢😵
https://factorcode.org/slava/monoids.html #SlavasMonoidZoo #SwiftCompilers #MathFun #CarnivalOfConfusion #WordProblem #HackerNews #ngated -
John Andrzej Odrzywolek has bravely reinvented the wheel by declaring that you can derive math's most basic operations using... math's most basic operations! 🚀🤔 Apparently, the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is a single function and the number 1. Who knew? 🤷♂️
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/04/13/the-smallest-math-library/ #reinventingthewheel #mathoperations #ultimatequestion #mathfun #innovation #HackerNews #ngated -
John Andrzej Odrzywolek has bravely reinvented the wheel by declaring that you can derive math's most basic operations using... math's most basic operations! 🚀🤔 Apparently, the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is a single function and the number 1. Who knew? 🤷♂️
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/04/13/the-smallest-math-library/ #reinventingthewheel #mathoperations #ultimatequestion #mathfun #innovation #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah yes, another thrilling ride through mathematical history where #Archimedes heroically totals a series to 1/3 🤯. Because, you know, nothing screams "compendious amusements" like watching black squares and triangles duke it out for dominance in a unit square. 📐🎉 Clearly, the future of #entertainment is... geometry!
https://www.futilitycloset.com/2025/11/17/all-the-way-down-2/ #MathematicalHistory #Geometry #MathFun #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah yes, another thrilling ride through mathematical history where #Archimedes heroically totals a series to 1/3 🤯. Because, you know, nothing screams "compendious amusements" like watching black squares and triangles duke it out for dominance in a unit square. 📐🎉 Clearly, the future of #entertainment is... geometry!
https://www.futilitycloset.com/2025/11/17/all-the-way-down-2/ #MathematicalHistory #Geometry #MathFun #HackerNews #ngated -
Eureka! 🎉 Now, thanks to Hilbert space, you can treat functions like vectors—because who wouldn't want to add some dimension to their #math misery? 🤯 Finally, a way to get lost in infinite math space, because three dimensions just aren't enough! 🙃
https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2025/hilbert-space-treating-functions-as-vectors/ #Eureka #HilbertSpace #InfiniteDimensions #MathFun #MathMisery #HackerNews #ngated -
Eureka! 🎉 Now, thanks to Hilbert space, you can treat functions like vectors—because who wouldn't want to add some dimension to their #math misery? 🤯 Finally, a way to get lost in infinite math space, because three dimensions just aren't enough! 🙃
https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2025/hilbert-space-treating-functions-as-vectors/ #Eureka #HilbertSpace #InfiniteDimensions #MathFun #MathMisery #HackerNews #ngated -
🔢➡️🤯 Oh look, someone thought it was a good idea to combine integer continued fractions with complex numbers. Because clearly, math wasn't complicated enough! 😂 Thanks, Cormac, for ensuring we have endless fun trying to solve puzzles nobody asked for. 🙄
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15078 #mathfun #integerfractions #complexnumbers #puzzlegames #CormacHackerNews #HackerNews #ngated -
🔢➡️🤯 Oh look, someone thought it was a good idea to combine integer continued fractions with complex numbers. Because clearly, math wasn't complicated enough! 😂 Thanks, Cormac, for ensuring we have endless fun trying to solve puzzles nobody asked for. 🙄
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15078 #mathfun #integerfractions #complexnumbers #puzzlegames #CormacHackerNews #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀🌪️ Oh wow, let's turn math into an amusement park ride: #Derivatives, gradients, and Jacobians, oh my! 🎢 Just what every gamer and graphic nerd wanted—a thrilling journey through #calculus. Next up, the exhilarating world of Hessians! 🥱✨
https://blog.demofox.org/2025/08/16/derivatives-gradients-jacobians-and-hessians-oh-my/ #mathfun #amusementpark #ride #gaming #graphics #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀🌪️ Oh wow, let's turn math into an amusement park ride: #Derivatives, gradients, and Jacobians, oh my! 🎢 Just what every gamer and graphic nerd wanted—a thrilling journey through #calculus. Next up, the exhilarating world of Hessians! 🥱✨
https://blog.demofox.org/2025/08/16/derivatives-gradients-jacobians-and-hessians-oh-my/ #mathfun #amusementpark #ride #gaming #graphics #HackerNews #ngated -
🎶🤹♂️ When math professors get tired of equations, they play with ribbons instead! Dave Richeson takes us on a thrilling 😴 journey of maypole dances and mathematical tangles, because nothing screams 'party' like a deep dive into braid groups! 🎉 #MathIsFun?
https://divisbyzero.com/2009/05/04/the-maypole-braid-group/ #MathFun #RibbonArts #BraidGroups #MaypoleDances #MathematicalJourney #HackerNews #ngated -
🎶🤹♂️ When math professors get tired of equations, they play with ribbons instead! Dave Richeson takes us on a thrilling 😴 journey of maypole dances and mathematical tangles, because nothing screams 'party' like a deep dive into braid groups! 🎉 #MathIsFun?
https://divisbyzero.com/2009/05/04/the-maypole-braid-group/ #MathFun #RibbonArts #BraidGroups #MaypoleDances #MathematicalJourney #HackerNews #ngated -
🔢✨ Behold, the "fascinating" universe of 2^n with even digits – because apparently, nothing screams excitement like a sequence of numbers that involves counting past your fingers. 🙄🎉 Spoiler alert: it’s just another way to procrastinate by pretending to do math. 🤓📚
https://oeis.org/A068994 #fascinatingnumbers #procrastination #mathhumor #evendigits #mathfun #HackerNews #ngated -
🔢✨ Behold, the "fascinating" universe of 2^n with even digits – because apparently, nothing screams excitement like a sequence of numbers that involves counting past your fingers. 🙄🎉 Spoiler alert: it’s just another way to procrastinate by pretending to do math. 🤓📚
https://oeis.org/A068994 #fascinatingnumbers #procrastination #mathhumor #evendigits #mathfun #HackerNews #ngated -
Powers of 2 with all even digits
#HackerNews #PowersOf2 #EvenDigits #OEIS #A068994 #MathFun #NumberTheory
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Powers of 2 with all even digits
#HackerNews #PowersOf2 #EvenDigits #OEIS #A068994 #MathFun #NumberTheory
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🥧 Happy Pi Day, everyone!
Today we honour the magical number π (about 3.14) and, of course, our favourite pies! 🍕
Fun fact: if you wrote out the digits of π, they’d stretch infinitely —just like my cravings for spicy pie as a cutie bi ;) 🌶️
Let’s celebrate with delicious slices and a sprinkle of math magic! What’s your fave kind of pie: sweet or savoury?
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🥧 Happy Pi Day, everyone!
Today we honour the magical number π (about 3.14) and, of course, our favourite pies! 🍕
Fun fact: if you wrote out the digits of π, they’d stretch infinitely —just like my cravings for spicy pie as a cutie bi ;) 🌶️
Let’s celebrate with delicious slices and a sprinkle of math magic! What’s your fave kind of pie: sweet or savoury?
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2025 is almost here! 🎉 But did you know this year is mathematically fascinating? 🤔
Let’s unravel some cool math secrets and fun facts about 2025! 🧵👇#MathFun #2025
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2025 is almost here! 🎉 But did you know this year is mathematically fascinating? 🤔
Let’s unravel some cool math secrets and fun facts about 2025! 🧵👇#MathFun #2025
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The hairy ball theorem from topology states that a hairy ball can't be combed flat without creating a cowlick or a bald spot, with surprising applications in meteorology, radio transmission, and nuclear power.
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The hairy ball theorem from topology states that a hairy ball can't be combed flat without creating a cowlick or a bald spot, with surprising applications in meteorology, radio transmission, and nuclear power.
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#Math #MathMonday #MathMadness #MathMenagerie #MathFun #NoireSTEMinist #PurposefulProfessor #MySTEMIsFortheStreets #BlackTWitter #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse
Felicia takes 4 hours to paint a room. Katy takes 12 hours to paint the same room. How long will it take for them working together? -
#Math #MathMonday #MathMadness #MathMenagerie #MathFun #NoireSTEMinist #PurposefulProfessor #MySTEMIsFortheStreets #BlackTWitter #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse
Felicia takes 4 hours to paint a room. Katy takes 12 hours to paint the same room. How long will it take for them working together?
