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Alef’s Corner: “It won’t work, sorry”
Alef thanks Nicolas Curien for the triangulation. Click here for other posts with Alef’s art.
Ehud Friedgut: How many cubes of 2×2×2 fit into a box of size 8×4×3? (TYI 49)
This blog post is kindly written by Ehud Friedgut. My daughter, Shiri, who’s in seventh grade, had the following question in a math exam: How many cubes of 2×2×2 fit into a box of size 8×4×3? Shiri divided the volumes, … Continue reading
Posted in Geometry, Riddles, Test your intuition
Tagged Alef's corner, Ehud Friedgut, Shiri Friedgut, Test your intuition
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To cheer you up in difficult times 35 combined with Test Your Intuition 48: Alef’s corner – Jazz and Math
Test your intuition: What is the true title of this drawing?
Posted in Art, Music, Test your intuition, What is Mathematics
Tagged Alef's corner, Test your intuition
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ICM 2018 Rio (5) Assaf Naor, Geordie Williamson and Christian Lubich
This is my fifth and last report from ICM 2018 at Rio. I will talk a little about the three Wednesday plenary talks by Assaf Naor, Geordie Williamson, and Christian Lubich. See here for other posts about ICM2018. (For the … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra, Analysis, Geometry, ICM2018
Tagged Alef's corner, Assaf Naor, Christian Lubich, Geordie Williamson
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Alef’s Corner: QED (two versions)
QED: Version 2
Alef Corner: ICM2022
Alef’s new piece for ICM 2022 will surely cheer you up!
Alef’s Corner
After Picasso 1955. Happy Passover to all our readers. More from Alef’s corner
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