Mersenne primes – prime numbers of the order of 2n–1 – are considered significant in decoding encrypted data. Currently, there are 49 such numbers (the square of, again, a Mersenne prime). The most recently discovered number equals to 274,207,281–1, which also holds the record for the longest prime number, with nearly 24,000,000 digits! The Mersenne…
Mathematics defines a circle as a round plane figure whose boundary comprises of points at equal distance from a fixed point. Its boundary makes its circumference and the fixed point is the centre. There have been arguments that a circle is actually a polygon consisting of infinite number of sides. Geometrically, a polygon is a closed plane figure…
Indians have made significant contributions to calculus, trigonometry and algebra. The decimal system was invented in India in 100 B.C. The concept of zero as a number is also attributed to India. The ancient Indian mathematicians are also credited with developing the concept of negative numbers.
The value of pi is represented as 3.14159 or 22/7. However, pi is a transcendental number, which means that it is a nonterminating, nonrecurring decimal. Mathematicians have used computers to calculate the value of pi to millions of digits. The millionth digit after the decimal has been calculated and found to be the number ‘1’.
Leonhard Euler is considered one of the finest mathematicians and physicists of the eighteenth century. He became visually impaired in the last two decades of his life. He was able to do prodigious calculations in his head, which allowed him to publish many of his 886 papers and books.
In the spellings of the first 100 natural numbers, ‘a’ does not occur even once. One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen, Twenty, Twenty One, Twenty Two, Twenty Three, Twenty Four, Twenty Five, Twenty Six, Twenty Seven, Twenty Eight, Twenty Nine Thirty. Thirty…
