Tag: math
A new prime number, 23 million digits long
An online pubic program designed to allow ordinary people to use their computers to identify previously unknown prime numbers has found the largest so far, 23 million digits long.
It was discovered on December 26, 2017 by electrical engineer Jonathan Pace, and it initially took six days of non-stop number crunching to show that it was indeed a prime number. Pace was using a consumer-level PC running an Intel i5-6600 processor, and after it was identified it was then independently verified by other users, with a range of other programs and hardware setups.
An online pubic program designed to allow ordinary people to use their computers to identify previously unknown prime numbers has found the largest so far, 23 million digits long.
It was discovered on December 26, 2017 by electrical engineer Jonathan Pace, and it initially took six days of non-stop number crunching to show that it was indeed a prime number. Pace was using a consumer-level PC running an Intel i5-6600 processor, and after it was identified it was then independently verified by other users, with a range of other programs and hardware setups.
California community colleges consider eliminating algebra requirement
The coming dark age: Because algebra is hard for many minority students, the California community college system is considering eliminating their algebra requirement.
“The second thing I’d say is yes, this is a civil rights issue, but this is also something that plagues all Americans — particularly low-income Americans,” [said Eloy Ortiz Oakley, chancellor of the California community college system.] If you think about all the underemployed or unemployed Americans in this country who cannot connect to a job in this economy — which is unforgiving of those students who don’t have a credential — the biggest barrier for them is this algebra requirement. It’s what has kept them from achieving a credential.”
Hey, Chancellor Oakley, you know that you are implying that blacks and minorities are not capable of understanding algebra.
Meanwhile I, as a conservative, instead think that if we demand them to do better, they will do better.
So who’s the racist?
The coming dark age: Because algebra is hard for many minority students, the California community college system is considering eliminating their algebra requirement.
“The second thing I’d say is yes, this is a civil rights issue, but this is also something that plagues all Americans — particularly low-income Americans,” [said Eloy Ortiz Oakley, chancellor of the California community college system.] If you think about all the underemployed or unemployed Americans in this country who cannot connect to a job in this economy — which is unforgiving of those students who don’t have a credential — the biggest barrier for them is this algebra requirement. It’s what has kept them from achieving a credential.”
Hey, Chancellor Oakley, you know that you are implying that blacks and minorities are not capable of understanding algebra.
Meanwhile I, as a conservative, instead think that if we demand them to do better, they will do better.
So who’s the racist?
The 17 equations that changed the world
Link here.
I sometimes think that the reason Einstein’s equation, E=MC (squared), is so memorable is that in English the sound of the equation, when spoken, has a poetic rhythm to it.
Link here.
I sometimes think that the reason Einstein’s equation, E=MC (squared), is so memorable is that in English the sound of the equation, when spoken, has a poetic rhythm to it.
Vi Hart – What was up with Pythagoras?
Obama campaign: “$40 a month adds up to roughly $1000 a year
The Obama campaign does math: “$40 a month adds up to roughly $1000 a year.”
And yes, I am not making that up. That is exactly what the Obama campaign said.
The Obama campaign does math: “$40 a month adds up to roughly $1000 a year.”
And yes, I am not making that up. That is exactly what the Obama campaign said.
Father of fractals dies
Benoit Mandelbrot, the mathematician who discovered fractals, has died at 85.
Benoit Mandelbrot, the mathematician who discovered fractals, has died at 85.