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Math FAIL
Math fails in history
Dick Lipton wrote a great post over at Gödel’s Lost Letter and P=NP. In his Sept 27th post he talked about surprises in mathematics. In one of his sections he gives three examples of where mathematicians “accepted” a false proof. Sometimes this happens and it might be dozens of years until someone realizes a mistake …
Patricia Heaton has troubles with easy math
Patricia Heaton (from the tv show “Everybody Loves Raymond”), has a hard time on one incredibly easy question for $50,000 for charity on the Millionaire 10th Anniversary Celebration. The question is: If a euro is worth $1.50, five euros is worth what?a) thirty quartersb) fifty dimesc) seventy nickelsd) ninety pennies After five minutes of struggling, …