Pythagoras

Kazuma has already done a post about the Pythagorean Theorem. Who was behind this equation?
Why, Pythagoras, of course.
Pythagoras is recognized as the first mathematician. It was probably Pythagoras who said that numbers can uncover the secrets of the universe.
Pythagoras is known the best for his Pythagorean Theorem where  .
This formula is used to find the approximate length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle. Note, this only works on right triangles.
Pythagoras paved the paths for all aspiring mathematicians.

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The Math of Rock, Paper, Scissors

Yes, scientists have studied how to never lose at rock paper scissors. Really.
A Chinese mathematician, Zhijian Wang, studied random people playing rock, paper, scissors. He noticed that the winners tend to stick to their winning strategy and losers try different methods.
The two players start by using random strategies. For example, if Player A chooses rock and Player B chooses scissors, Player A wins. Player A will most likely use rock again while Player B will try something else. If Player A used rock, Player B can assume that Player A will use rock again, therefore using paper to beat Player A. After that, Player B can assume that Player A will use the nxt strategy in the sequence, scissors and use rock to beat Player A, again.
To always beat someone at rock, paper, scissors, is quite simple. You must use the next strategy in the sequence. Easy.
Next time you go two out of three, remember what I have told you.

Next Time: Pythagoras

Pythagorean Theorem

Pythagoras, a Greek mathematician, created the Pythagorean Theorem. It's used for finding the lengths of the legs or hypotenuse of a right triangle.

Pythagoras, a Greek mathematician, created the Pythagorean Theorem (). It's used for finding the lengths of the legs or hypotenuse of a right triangle. He discovered that the total area of the two smaller sides were equal to the largest side (c or the hypotenuse).

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