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Brain Teaser - Find the missing alphabets

Rishabh Dev — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:19:37 +0000

Find the missing alphabets - d, f, h, l, n, ?, ?, x

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The answer is r,t. First, you need to assign numbers to the alphabet - a-1 b-2 c-3 ... nd so on. Then, choose the letters that correspond to the prime numbers(starting from 3) - c-3 e-5 g-7 k-11 m-13 q-17 s-19 w-23 Then, the letters that come just after the letters above d, f, h, l, n, r, t, x

Math Puzzle - The Overloaded "+", Again

Rishabh Dev — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:16:25 +0000

If 2+4=32, 2+5=57 & 3+5=368. Then, 4+6=?

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a + b = a^b + b^a

Math Puzzle - Find the next term

Rishabh Dev — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:11:16 +0000

Find the next term of the sequence : 2, 5, 29, 262, 3149, ?

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The general term is n^(n)+(n-1)!

Math Puzzle - Find the missing number

Rishabh Dev — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 06:59:19 +0000

Find the next number in the sequence 32, 55, 165, 1848, ?

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The general term can be given by (n+1)th term = [nth terms] + [n*{reverse of nth term}] So, the next term is 35772.

The Beauty Of Mathematics

Rishabh Dev — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:09:18 +0000

Mathematics is an art form. It is also the language of other art forms like music & poetry. It is the language of nature & Nature is Beautiful. Most men who have not studied the subject in depth, will find this amusing. As far as the mathematician is concerned, he is well familiar with this beauty. When you get sudden results out of nothing. Thats beauty. When new relations & expressions combine together like atoms to give an expression-a molecule. Thats beauty. When your thoughts & insights take the form of a mathematical equation. Thats beauty. Finding a relation between totally different concepts & observations. Thats beauty. The greatest example of the last point above is the Fundamental Theorm of Calculus which relates two TOTALLY different concepts-Finding instantaneous rates of change & finding areas of surfaces. The two concepts are related together by this theorm. One of the most beautiful equations in Mathematics is the Euler's Indentity.

Euler's Identity

One of the most beautiful equations in mathematics is the Euler's identity which relates the numbers e , Ï€, & i my favourite number 0 & my second favourite number 1 . There is beauty in mathematical methods, the results of the methods, the applications of these results. Read more about the Euler's Equation on The Math Less Travelled.