Counting the Cattle of the Sun
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Ways of making scientific calculations are analyzed through the theories of Henry Ernest Dudeney, the Pell equation and a puzzle called Cattle of the Sun.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
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Jumping champions
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The gap between successive prime numbers is not predictable, but there are several incidences in which the gaps are equally common. The term 'jumping champion' was coined to describe the most common gap, and it examined.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
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Fibonacci forgeries
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Number sequences which initially look like Fibonacci sequences may actually be misleading sequences. Such systems are governed by the Strong Law of Small Numbers, which explains why people tend to perceive patterns in coincidental number arrangements.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1995
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