If the umbrella would be a perfectly straight line, the curve on the right would be one branch of a hyperbola.
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@hereoncloudnine sent me the top joke, so I was mathsplaining the joke with the 2nd picture. A sculpture by Kevin Cortis and Dana Cox, shared by Edmund Harriss.
21 September 2018
By Gilead Amit
One of the most important unsolved problems in mathematics may have been solved, retired mathematician Michael Atiyah is set to claim on Monday. In a talk at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Germany, Atiyah will present what he refers to as a “simple proof” of the Riemann hypothesis, a problem which has eluded mathematicians for almost 160 years.
I was inspired by the news of the newly discovered scutoid shape in cells of epitelial tissue in nature, and after I saw the excellent Youtube video by Standup Maths about it, I decided to design a set of jewelry that used the unique packing properties of this shape.
I’ve designed a ring that stacks with itself, so you can wear two that fit together perfectly; two different pendants (1, 2) that fit together so you and your partner can both wear one; and a set of earrings of which the two halves pack together.
You can find all my designs at https://tiny-tokens.com and at https://www.shapeways.com/shops/tinytokens
About a year ago, the theoretical chemist Salvatore Torquato met with the number theorist Matthew de Courcy-Ireland to explain that he had done something highly unorthodox with prime numbers…
