Math Facts

Did you know that…

1.      PI=3.14159 26535 89793 23846 26433 83279 50288 41971 69399 37510 58209

     74944 59230 78164 06286 20899 86280 34825 34211 70679 82148 08651 32823 ...

2.  A sphere has two sides. However, there are one-sided surfaces.

3. There are shapes of constant width other than the circle. One can even drill square

    holes.

4. There are just five regular polyhedra

5. In a group of 23 people, at least two have the same birthday with the probability

    greater than 1/2

6.  Everything you can do with a ruler and a compass you can do with the compass alone

7.  Among all shapes with the same perimeter a circle has the largest area.

8.  There are curves that fill a plane without holes

9.  Much as with people, there are irrational, perfect, complex numbers

10.  As in philosophy, there are transcendental numbers

11.  As in the art, there are imaginary and surreal numbers

12.    A straight line has dimension 1, a plane - 2. Fractals have mostly fractional      

dimension

13.  You are wrong if you think Mathematics is not fun

14.  Mathematics studies neighborhoods, groups and free groups, rings, ideals, holes,

       poles and removable poles, trees, growth ...

15.  Mathematics also studies models, shapes, curves, cardinals, similarity, consistency,

       completeness, space ...

16.  Among objects of mathematical study are heredity, continuity, jumps, infinity,

       infinitesimals, paradoxes...

17.    Last but not the least, Mathematics studies stability, projections and values, values

are often absolute but may also be extreme, local or global.

18.    Trigonometry aside, Mathematics comprises fields like Game Theory, Braids theory,

       Knot Theory and more

19.  One is morally obligated not to do anything impossible

20.  Some numbers are square, yet others are triangular

21.  The next sentence is true but you must not believe it

22.  The previous sentence was false

23.  12+3-4+5+67+8+9=100 and there exists at least one other representation of 100 with

       9 digits in the right order and math operations in between

24.  One can cut a pie into 8 pieces with three movements

25.  Program = Algorithms + Data Structures

26.  There is something the dead eat but if the living eat it, they die.

27.  A clock never showing right time might be preferable to the one showing right time

       twice a day

28.  Among all shapes with the same area circle has the shortest perimeter