How the pirate share the gold

  The following is a interesting question, it seems very hard at first thought but if you grab the right method you can solve it easily, and get some interesting conclusions.

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  Suppose there are 5 pirates,  P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, and they have 100 gold. They have strict social statues:  
  P1< P2 < P3 < P4 < P5
  Their principle to share these gold is that: the pirate in the highest take up a way to share these gold, then all the pirate vote for the method. If the method the proposer will be killed. If the votes of agree and disagree is equal then the proposer have the right to decide.
  So there three basic rules to make any decision: 
     1. Keep alive 
     2. Get gold as much as possible
     3. Try to kill others
  And all the pirate is clever enough. So if you are the proposer, P5. What will you do?
  If you share most of the gold to the others and make yourself alive, clearly you are not a clever pirate.
  It's hard to solve the problem in the normal way. So let's think about what will happen when only two pirates left,P1, P2.
  Then P2 will give all 100 gold to himself for he can vote for himself and he is the proposer he can make the decision whether P1 agree or not. So the solution is:
(P2, P1)→（100，0）
  If P1, P2, P3 left. P1 know if P3 is killed, then P2 will be the proposer, the situation above will happen and he will get nothing. P3 knows that too, so he just need to share 1 gold to P1 then P1 will support him. 
Solution: (P3, P2, P1)→（99，0, 1）
  It's the same for P4, P3, P2, P1 is the same: (P4, P3, P2, P1)→（99，0, 1, 0）
  Well for P5, P4, P3, P2, P1 there is a little different, for P5 has to get another 2 votes. So the solution is (P5, P4, P3, P2, P1)→（98，0, 1, 0, 1）
  Is that amazing that you just need to share a few gold and you can get support and get almost all the gold?

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Reference: http://www.guokr.com/article/41423/

The prince of math: Gaussian

  As you know, there are so many talent people in math, they have solved so many problems that almost any of these problem can suffer you all your life. Then Gaussian is called the prince of math. You can imagine how great he is.

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  Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (April 30, 1777 - February 23, 1855) was a German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. Although Gauss made many contributions to science and to the understanding of the nature of electricity and magnetism, his true passion was mathematics.

He referred to math as the “queen of sciences” and his influence on the field of mathematics was extraordinary. Gauss was, for example, the first mathematician to prove the fundamental theorem of algebra, and he proved it four different ways over the course of his lifetime. Gauss is widely celebrated as one of the greatest mathematicians in history.

When he was a child, he could add from 1 to 100 very quickly, he added 1 and 100 to 101, 2 and 99 to 101… At last times 101 with 50, then he got the answer 5050.

On his own as a teenager he began to discover advanced mathematic principles, and in 1795 – at the age of 18 – Gauss became the first person to prove the Law of Quadratic Reciprocity, a theory of math that allows us to determine whether quadratic equations can be solved. The same year he entered Gottingen University. While at the university, he made one of his most important discoveries. Using a ruler and compass, he constructed a regular 17-sided polygon.

He has so many achievement in his life: Primzahlverteilung und Methode der kleinsten Quadrate, Einführung der elliptischen Funktionen, Fundamentalsatz der Algebra, Beiträge zur Verwendung komplexer Zahlen, Beiträge zur Zahlentheorie...

Any of these work can make you the best mathematician all over the world.

Reference: http://www.rare-earth-magnets.com/t-johann-carl-friedrich-gauss.aspx 
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           http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Gau%C3%9F#Leistungen

Fantastic theorem in math

  Who tells math is hard and boring(unfortunately sometimes it is), look at these theorem below, you will find how interesting math can be.
  1.A drunk people can always finds his home but a drunk bird can never find its way. This has been proved easily, suppose there is enough time, the drunk man walk in the city by random, the chance he return his home is 100%. Well, it's a little pity for a drunk bird for the chance it fly back to its home is only about 34%, for the bird can fly south, north, west, east, up and down.

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  In higher dimension, the chance you can come back is become lower and lower as the dimension goes up, 19.3% in 4-dimision space, and 7.3% in 8-dimision space.

  2.Hairy all theorem: There is no nonvanishing continuous tangent vector field on even dimensional n-spheres. Simply to say, you can never smooth all the hair on a ball.

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  3.ham sandwich theorem: Give a sandwich,you can half the bread, the cheese and the ham with just one cut. More general,given n measurable "objects" in n-dimensional space, it is possible to divide all of them in half (with respect to their measure, i.e. volume) with a single (n − 1)-dimensional hyperplane.

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 These theorems are just what we can learn from school, the only difference is we have found these interesting applications. Maybe the reason why some theorem in math is boring just because we have not found the interest in it, these fantastic word is just waiting for you!!!

Reference: http://www.guokr.com/article/53059/
           http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_ball_theorem
           http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham_sandwich_theorem

God love Golden ratio

  Let’s see a normal formula first:

  This little formula lead to the Golden ratio:

  Illustration:

  The Golden ratio is much more than a ratio(At least it's golden ^-^). The ration somehow fits the concept of beauty of human. It has been used almost all over the world.
  Look at the five-pointed star, each point near the middle is the Golden ratio point of the line it belongs to.

  Further more,The 16th-century philosopher Heinrich Agrippa drew a man over a pentagram inside a circle, implying a relationship to the golden ratio.

This is regard as the most beautiful ratio of human

  The artist found when the ratio of length of leg to the stature the people looks most beautiful, actually many famous statues follow this principle.

  Most legs are short than the Golden ratio, that may be why women likes wearing 

high-heeled shoes, and dancer always lift their heels when dancing to reach the Golden ratio.
  In nature,Adolf Zeising found the golden ratio expressed in the arrangement of branches along the stems of plants and of veins in leaves. He extended his research to the skeletons of animals and the branchings of their veins and nerves, to the proportions of chemical compounds and the geometry of crystals...

  And there are so many applications of the Golden ratio, if you want you can find these application everywhere.

References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio
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The legend of e and π

 The number π is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. The constant, sometimes written pi, is approximately equal to 3.14159.

 The wonder of π is much more than the definition.

There are much more interesting formula about this constant, and maybe the only constant which can be equal to π is e.

This formula is called the most beautiful formula, you can know how e is important in math.

One piece of the beauty of math is connected together, two totally different definition can be connected inside. 

References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi

            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_(mathematical_constant)

Can all the 8-puzzle be solved?

   Do you ever play the game below?

   At first, the order of these numbers is in a mess, you can move the number to the blank. If you can place the order you win the game. So if you are given a 8-puzzle can you solve it? At first thought it seems can be solved easily. But it's not true!!!

   Here is the proof:

   Give the note [2 3 1 4 5 6 7 8 9] for the following 8-puzzle:

   Define the inverse order of the sequence. The inverse order of [2 3 1 4 5 6 7 8 9]  is two, for [2,1]，[3,1] is disorder in the sequence.

      The movement when you solve the puzzle never change the even or odd of the inverse order.

      The inverse order of the target order [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8] is even, Which means if you are given a puzzle, which disorder is odd, you can never solve it.

      You can play the trick on your friend, you already have the magic of math. Math can be the interesting part of life, right?

Math is the best epitaph of mathematician

   Many mathematicians regard math as their whole. They devoted everything to math. Here are some epitaphs of mathematician. We can see a little part of their amazing miracles. 

   Archimedes wanted no other epitaph than a sphere inscribed within a cylinder -- he had determined the sphere's relative volume and considered this his greatest achievement.

   Henry Perigal's tomb in Essex displays his graphic proof of the Pythagorean theorem.

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     Gauss wanted to be buried under a heptadecagon, which he'd shown can be constructed with compass and straightedge. 

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I can't dream about being someone like one these great mathematicians. But I want to get to know these great work done by these great men. If you can design your epitaph now, what do you expect on your epitaph?

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(1).(3)http://www.guokr.com/article/69516/

(2)http://www.futilitycloset.com/2010/04/20/mathematicians-graves/

Wrong proof 2=1, just for fun

We will proof that 2=1!!!

1)	Let a = b
2)	Multiply 1) by a a2 = ab
3)	Add a2 – 2ab to both parts of 2) a2 + a2 – 2ab = ab + a2 – 2ab
4)	3) could be simplified: 2a2 – 2ab = a2 – ab
5)	It is the same as 2(a2 – ab) = 1(a2 – ab)
6)	Reduce 5) by (a2 – ab). 2=1

Where is a mistake?

Mistake is in the 6^th step.
We can not divide by (a² – ab) because a²– ab = 0.
a = b, so a²– ab = 0.

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Beauty of Numbers

Here are some funny math interesting facts. All the below tricks are based around the sequential manipulation of the numbers being used for input and output.

Sequential Inputs of numbers with 8

1 x 8 + 1 = 9

12 x 8 + 2 = 98

123 x 8 + 3 = 987

1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876

12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765

123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654

1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543

12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432

123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

Sequential 1's with 9

1 x 9 + 2 = 11

12 x 9 + 3 = 111

123 x 9 + 4 = 1111

1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111

12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111

123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111

1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111

12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111

123456789 x 9 + 10 = 1111111111

Sequential 8's with 9

9 x 9 + 7 = 88

98 x 9 + 6 = 888

987 x 9 + 5 = 8888

9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888

98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888

987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888

9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888

98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

Numeric Palindrome with 1's

1 x 1 = 1

11 x 11 = 121

111 x 111 = 12321

1111 x 1111 = 1234321

11111 x 11111 = 123454321

111111 x 111111 = 12345654321

1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321

11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321

111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321

Without 8

12345679 x 9 = 111111111

12345679 x 18 = 222222222

12345679 x 27 = 333333333

12345679 x 36 = 444444444

12345679 x 45 = 555555555

12345679 x 54 = 666666666

12345679 x 63 = 777777777

12345679 x 72 = 888888888

12345679 x 81 = 999999999

Sequential Inputs of 9

9 x 9 = 81

99 x 99 = 9801

999 x 999 = 998001

9999 x 9999 = 99980001

99999 x 99999 = 9999800001

999999 x 999999 = 999998000001

9999999 x 9999999 = 99999980000001

99999999 x 99999999 = 9999999800000001

999999999 x 999999999 = 999999998000000001

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Sequential Inputs of 6

6 x 7 = 42

66 x 67 = 4422

666 x 667 = 444222

6666 x 6667 = 44442222

66666 x 66667 = 4444422222

666666 x 666667 = 444444222222

6666666 x 6666667 = 44444442222222

66666666 x 66666667 = 4444444422222222

666666666 x 666666667 = 444444444222222222

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Miracle of 2519

   Some numbers is very interesting, they have some special properties. Some of them can be very amazing. Here are some funny math interesting facts about this number 2519. Enjoy the Facts.

2519 Mod n means the reminder of 2519/n, here / is the integer division.

2519 Mod n

2519 Mod 2 = 1

2519 Mod 3 = 2

2519 Mod 4 = 3

2519 Mod 5 = 4

2519 Mod 6 = 5

2519 Mod 7 = 6

2519 Mod 8 = 7

2519 Mod 9 = 8

2519 Mod 10 = 9

Sequential Numbers with 2519

1259 x 2 + 1 = 2519

839 x 3 + 2 = 2519

629 x 4 + 3 = 2519

503 x 5 + 4 = 2519

419 x 6 + 5 = 2519

359 x 7 + 6 = 2519

314 x 8 + 7 = 2519

279 x 9 + 8 = 2519

251 x 10 + 9 = 2519

My Mathematics Bioloigy professor

    I am glad to introduce my mathematical biology professor Ronald Shonkwiler to you who devotes his all life to math and teaching, Ronald Shonkwiler.

1.       What makes you choose the mathematics as your lifetime career?

Shonk: My initial interest is engineer, and I have to learn a lot of math to learn engineer well. Then I found that mathematics is much fundamental and fascinating.

2.       What do you think mathematics can bring to our life or develop our life?

Shonk: Well, math is very useful in the daily life, for example forecasting how fast flu spreads, how much loss due to the earthquake.

3.       Well, I heard you hobby is flying, right? When did you have your first plane?

Shonk: Yes, I like to fly. I got my first plane about 10 years ago.

4.       Where do you learn how to fly?

Shonk: Well, I learned how to fly after I moved to Georgia, right in Georgia tech.

5.       How long did it take you to learn?

Shonk: About 10 months, but I didn’t learn every day. I you learn every day you can spend much less time.

6.       I heard you have made a plane by yourself, right?

Shonk: That’s right. It took me a lot of time. But it was very exciting, at first the plane were just pieces, then after the effort you could fly in the sky.

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“Well if you are interested you can fly with me.” Then:

 

 

 

   Thanks my professor for the interview and the flying. What a nice guy he is , and I want to be a person like him, enjoy your job and enjoy the life. I think that’s the most happy life I have ever heard, I want to be a person like him. So what kind of life do you want in the future?

 

How the enjoy the fresh mathematics

Anyone can learn math whether they're in higher math at school or just looking to brush up on the basics. Many people are intimidated by math, but learning to be good at math is a matter of putting in the effort. As with most things, the key to improvement lies in hard work and plenty of practice, along with the ability to do some memorization.

1.       Start with understanding and memorization. Although the school system seems to discourage memorization as a way to learn spelling and math, it can work. Only you remember the basic definition and the themes, you can use them as you want, and understanding helps you remember and tell you where you can use the themes and how to use them.

2.       Practice. Much like we didn't all drive a car perfectly the first time we tried, math also takes practice. It is not necessary to be exact, just to work on math. As your math skills improve, you will get closer to the actual price. Make random math problems for yourself on a sheet of paper and do the math without using a calculator. Then, use the calculator to check your work. Getting to be good at math is mostly just a matter of memorization and practice.

3.       Don't say "I think I knew that." To learn, you must do the work yourself.  You should know what you know and what you don't. Math will never cheat you, but people can cheat themselves. Many copy the solutions manual or a friend’s work and think "I see how it's done. I can do that." But actually you still can’t solve the problems, even you remember for a short time, you may forget easily. The proof of your ability to do it is doing it all by yourself.

4.       “Why ” all the time. Learn how to ask why when you are puzzled. Some themes in math are hard to understand at first you learn them, so ask yourself why the themes come out: what they are about; what they can do; what the limit. If you can answer all the questions. Congratulation to you. If you don’t think by yourself, if you still can’t, ask somebody for help.

Learning math well just needs understanding; remembering; practicing and a little bit patient. Try as you can, everybody can learn math well. So do you have any unique way to learn math well? Please teach me.

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Reference: http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-Math

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Thank you yesterday, thank you today, thank you every day in my life

  Everyone should have someone or something to be thankful for. My parents give my life, give a chance to feel the fantastic world. My friends keep you company when I am alone. Even the strangers I feel thankful for, because they might be my friends in the future. And here is some one that we often forget to thank, it’s ourselves.

     It’s yourself who suffer the worst time, who share the happiness together with you in your life. It’s yourself who feel the light and dark, the warm and cold together with you in your life. It’s yourself who share the laugh and the tears together with you in your life.

      

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 When you success, squat to your shadow and say:” Thank you for making so much effort.”

         When you suffer, squat to your shadow and say:” Thank you for never giving up.”

         When you are tried, squat to your shadow and say:” Thank you for trying so hard.”

         Thank you yesterday, thank you today, thank you every day in my life…

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Some pieces of my life

Lunch

The best motivation to cook is hunger. Human beings have spent thousands of years to reach the top of the food chain. You can choose what you eat and how you cook. Cooking is the adventure of taste and the satisfaction of mouth and satisfaction.

Desk

The desk may be the first place to show the talent of art for some student. Although it’s forbidden and harm to the desk, it’s still very interesting. We even give a name to the scrawl: desk culture. It'a pity that I can't draw as good as this below:

Favourite piece of clothes

This is my favourite advertisement: Brief but not simple. Brief is an attitude to deal with the world. It is a complex world you can’t make everything simple, but you can make yourself brief, just like how you dress.

 

Shoes

Only the feet know whether you shoes are comfortable or not. There are many shoes look very beautiful, but suffer you a lot. Some shoes may fit some people but not you. The most important thing is to find shoes for you.

 

Roommate

This photo is taken few days before Halloween day. This is my roommate and his huge achievement for celebrate Halloween. It’s very excited to make a pumpkin cave. By the way the pumpkin is made in front of the Language institute.

 

Writing

It’s always my pain that my hand writing is ugly. I have tried many times practicing writing, but I didn’t success.This beautiful hand writing never belongs to me.

Tree

She is a fire tree in the autumn. She gives its green and vitality to the summer. Now she is giving her passion to the autumn. She is a fire now, she gives all her love and passion and her last dance this year.

Discovery

I was told what inside is the secret recipe of Coca Cola. But I think there is nothing inside. Even if the recipe exists, it shouldn’t be kept in such a public place where even somebody like me can get close. But anyway Coca Cola tastes good and the museum is very interesting.

This a corner of my life, do you want to share something interest in your life with us?

 

Amazing mathematics in nature

   Nature is a great mathematician. There is so much amazing mathematics in nature. And many creatures are also very good at mathematics(sometimes even better than me). So let’s take a look at some of these wonderful facts in nature:

    The sequence: 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89… from the third number , the number is the sum of the two numbers right before it. This sequence is called Fibonacci number. The snail shell grows as the sequence exactly. And here is a video that shows how this work out: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/_afmR6hZ72s/

    The one end of the honeycomb is a closed hexagonal Ling conical bottom port, is composed of three identical diamond, diamond obtuse angle is 109°28′ . 6 side wall width is exactly the same, the angle between the wall just 120 degrees. All the honey in the world built their comb according to these rules. Because these rules helps the honey to get the largest space with the minimum material!

      Most cats sleeps like this. They roll up their body like a ball, especially when they are cold. When they do this the surface expose in the air is the minimum, so the heat loses in the air is the least. For the same reason when you feel cold in your bed you cuddle up.

    Coral is very good at counting. Every day goes past coral draw a circle on itself just like the annual ring in the trees. Some paleontologist have found that coral drew more than 400 circles per year a million years ago, which means there were more than 400 days per year and there were only 21.9 hours a day. 

Ants are excellent coworkers. They can distribute their jobs wisely. If you give two piece of food to the ant, one is twice bigger than the other. Several minutes later, you will find the number of the ants around the bigger food is almost the twice as the ants around the smaller one. By the way, it is found that the ant can remember how many steps the left their nest, and they always try to find the nearest way to their food.

Does these facts surprise you ? There are just a little part of the amazing math in nature. I am sure humans will find more about that.

References：http://www.guokr.com/post/65738/