Math stories
Riding the trend, let’s see in our story #55, how much math can #ChatGPT do? #ChatGPT is a chatbot powered by a language model trained by #OpenAI. The model has been trained with the help of people...
#Knockouts time at the #FIFAWorldCup, and we know how important taking Penalties are in this case. How can we not have a math story on penalties? So, here is story #54 on Football and Penalties. Sa...
Football and Math!
The colors of maps <pics attached> got me thinking as to why the colors are shown that way and that lead me to the ‘Four Color Theorem’ and that is what we will be talking about in our story #52. T...
With the awesome Kannda movie #Kantara taking the theaters by storm, I was wondering if there is something wrt God in Math as well. Well, that’s precisely we discuss God’s number/God’s algorithm in...
Carrying on with computer games, in our story #50 - we take a look at a game that completed 37 years last week #Tetris and another popular science fiction game #StarCraft. John Brzustowski in his g...
In our story #49, we take a look at how #math is used in computer games. In a computer game, the virtual environment one experiences are essentially just a collection of polygons with decorations o...
You know, a 10-minute speech at a wilderness recreation area that is home to upscale ski resorts, rustic campsites, and dude ranches is watched by math geeks interested in finance, economists, and ...
From Math & Poetry, let’s move on to Math & Art in our Story #47. The Divine Proportion (Golden Ratio), a real irrational constant in algebra with an approximate value of 1.618 was used by the scul...
How did poets connect math and poetry? Well, let’s see in our story #46. Others may be delighted by a poem's grace in the same way that mathematicians may beam with ecstasy at a graceful proof. Rea...
How cool is it to have a #basketball strategy based on triangles? Let’s look at how championship-winning basketball teams used triangles in our story #45. #Triangle Offense: The triangle offense is...
In our story #44, we look at the #math behind #memes! Why do some memes and challenges go viral? Why do some trends disappear as soon they arrive? Researchers from The University of Manchester and ...
A butterfly flaps its wings, and a hurricane hits somewhere many miles away. Can these two events possibly be related? This popular adage is called #ButterflyEffect. <Now, it must be stated that, i...
An ant colony is probably the last place one would expect to find a maths whiz, but studies have shown that they could solve complex, dynamic problems, and may even help computer scientists develop...
The best way to create curiosity in kids is to ask them what do they think about a conundrum or a paradox. Mathematical #paradoxes and #conundrums have long intrigued mathematicians and we are goin...
In our story #40, we look at “Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors” written by the #standup #mathematician Matt Parker where he examines a bewildering array of math mishaps with a light touch and dr...
Everyone loves the good old cartoons. In our story #39, we see how #cartoons and #pictures help us in our cognitive thinking. Younger kids often immerse themselves in #cartoons like Pink Panther, T...
When I heard #JohnMcLaughlin’s ‘#Shakti’ (well check it out, if you haven’t heard this gem yet), it was mind-blowing. That is when I chanced upon the YT channel EMNM (Extreme Math Nerd Music) and f...
I fell upon a book that kept me glued and this book forms our story #37. The book that kept me glued is ‘A Mathematician’s Lament’ by Paul Lockhart. The book laments the sad state of US national sc...
In story #36, we see the role of math in a (now famous) streaming company! In the good old days, do you remember paying a late fee for a movie that you rented from a store? Movies were rented from ...
The #filmindustry is more popular than ever now. And we will see how math is vital to the film industry today, in our story #35. Which films are successful at the box office? How important are the ...
With BYJU'S being the Official Sponsor of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 hitting the headlines, I thought of looking at #football – the most mathematical of sports, in our story #34. Let’s dwell on ...
With #Zomato and #10 min deliveries taking the center stage, in our story #33, let’s rewind and see how Domino’s used math to deliver pizzas in under 30 minutes. #Domino’s incorporated #technology ...
Math and sports have an intricate connection. Then, why not write something about sports? This leads to our story #32. Our story takes off from the book (and later made into a movie starring #BradP...
The premise on which the mathematical thriller movie ‘#FermatsRoom’ is based is quite intriguing and this forms our story #31. The premise goes as follows: A stranger uses the alias "Fermat" and in...
#iPhone was advertised for the very first time, aired during the 79th Academy Awards (#Oscars) on February 25, 2007, on American Broadcasting Company (ABC). So why not check out some cool math on t...
How about explaining math through #cricket? Let’s talk about it in story #29. Well, apart from Cricketmatics <Check out the link in the comments section>, I came across this: “In their original pap...
5 letters - 6 guesses; Well, that’s right - I am talking about #Wordle in story #28. With Wordle becoming more and more popular, I thought why not read some cool math about it! To boost the odds of...
Story #27 is based on the young adult novel written by #JohnGreen ‘An Abundance Of Katherines’. A math-loving protagonist named Colin Singleton wishes to advance himself from the status of prodigy ...
The mathematician in #Jurassic World- Dr. Ian Malcolm is actually inspired by 2 real life mathematicians? Cool, isn’t it? That’s precisely what we talk in our #story 26. Let’s welcome the famed mat...
Well, our story #25 is on the TV series ’#Friends’ and how #SpareRoom's data science consultant Caroline Zunckel solves the ‘pivot’ problem. One of the most memorable scenes of the show is in the e...
Who is the protagonist of the hit series #GameOfThrones? - Is it Tywin? Arya? Jon Snow? Or anyone else? Well, let’s turn to math to determine the protagonist of GOT! This forms our story #24. Andre...
We continue our story series with Marcus du Sautoy. ‘The Story of Maths’ - a four-part British TV series presented by Marcus du Sautoy and produced by Open University and the BBC form the crux our ...
In our story #22, we put the spotlight on ‘The Code’. The Code is a mathematics-based documentary TV programme for BBC presented by Oxford University professor Marcus du Sautoy. This three-part doc...
A book which gives an entertaining reference to the role of mathematics in everyday life forms our story #21. It is a fascinating compilation of everyday events analysed for their probability of oc...
How about mixing cricket and maths for a story and making kids fall in love with maths, and what better time to bring in this story when IPL is about to start, right!? I stumbled upon one such ente...
A lot of films have been made on Alan Turing and the cipher device #Enigma with #‘TheImitationGame’ being one of the recent films with Benedict Cumberbatch portraying Alan Turing. Why was the #Enig...
The game of #TicTacToe is well known and has been played for ages. It’s a very simple game – the first person to get 3 in a row wins. But have you ever thought about the math underlying this simple...
Math and our favourite #games like Super Mario etc. are pretty much interrelated. #How so? Lets check it out in our story #17. From setting up the trajectory of an Angry Bird flying through the sky...
Do you know the interesting thing buzzing around in the subject of math? Well, read on for our story #16. The #SquidGame glass bridge game explained with probability on Reddit. Yes, you read it rig...
Ever heard a #song on #math? Well, that’s precisely what we will be discussing in our story #15. There's a delightful mathematical moment in the movie #MerryAndrew, when Danny Kaye, playing an unco...
How about a romantic story in mathematics for our story #14? :’) Today’s story is about the 1965 animated short film ‘The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics’ - directed by Chuck Jones...
In our story #13, we have Śrī #VedāntaDeśika (1268-1369 CE)- an unrivalled mathematician who married his poetic style to his mathematical genius. In this story, we look into #Euler’s knight’s tour ...
Our story #12 focuses on the very famous book of #DanBrown - #TheDaVinciCode (later made into a movie too!) 13 – 3 – 2 – 21 – 1 – 1 – 8 – 5 O, Draconian devil! Oh, lame saint! #Langdon read the mes...
From Let's Make a Deal, we move on to #DealOrNoDeal - a television game show in our story #11. #Gameplay: A contestant chooses one briefcase from a selection of 26 (in the US version). Each briefca...
#LetsMakeADeal - an American television game show takes the centre stage in our story #10. The program was created and produced by Stefan Hatos and Monty Hall, the latter serving as its host for ne...
In story #9, we move on to the movie ‘#Cube’. The characters in the movie move from room to room in a #maze, and each room is labeled by three numbers, most likely them being #Cartesian coordinates...
Story #8: #Movie- #LittleManTate #Storyline: This is the story of an intellectually-gifted eight-year old boy, Fred Tate, coming to terms with him being a wunderkind, mathematical and otherwise. Th...
Story #7: Did you know that if you are good in #math, then you could end up acting in a #BenAffleck - #MattDamon movie? Awesome, right? In 1997, Professor Daniel Kleitman (now a professor emeritus ...
For our story #6, let’s travel to the most famous wizarding world- #Hogwarts. We all probably know that the students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry were taught varied disciplines- fr...
#Sherlock_Holmes and his arch enemy Professor #James_Moriarty take the centre stage in our story #5. Did you observe the math in the #movie Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows? So, what’s the #story...
Our story #4 revolves around the crime drama series ‘Numbers’. Numbers (stylized as NUMB3RS) follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his brother Charlie Eppes, a college mathematics professor and p...
In story#3 we are moving from ‘The Simpsons’ to its sister show ‘Futurama’ and their love for the number ‘#1729’. From the starship’s registry number to a number of universe, 1729 appears in many e...
Remember the show that had predicted Donald Trump’s presidency? Yes, Iam talking of #‘TheSimpsons’ in my story#2. In the episode of “The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace” (1998), Homer writes something ...
Ever heard of a TV series leading to something in math? Something that always intrigued me was math that I could see, read and enjoy. I always loved the idea of math in TV series or math in poetry....