What does this infinite trigonometric identity have to do with probability?
Recently I came across this surprising trigonometric identity…
Analysis and Calculus
The Harmonic Series and Friends
A lot of times, math can be deceptive and unexpected A few examples are the Monty Hall problem, the Banach-Tarski paradox, and the Weierstrass function. Today we will look at one of the most famous and classic counterexamples, that is that if a sequence converges to zero, it’s series does not necessarily converge. What does … Read more
The Spooky Function Horror Show
Be prepared, for you are about to see some of the scariest functions this Halloween. The excerpt is like this to not spoil what’s within!
Newton’s Method
Let’s look at a very common problem where the use of math is needed, solving equations. We have an expression using some variable x on one side of the ‘=’ sign and another expression using x on the other. We want to find for which values of x the equation holds.