Saturday, January 31, 2009

Useless Fact # 8

Magic

Sitting in the lab yesterday getting bored doing simulations on ABAQUS I just had to do something exciting.

Well- this is what I deduced

If you throw a stone in vacuum it follows a parabola.

Its strange how math helps us to visualize 'weird' things, the way it represents a physical world problem depicts great success.

On the other hand I just realized for me to get excited all I need is a pen and some basic equations. I'm cheap :p

10 comments:

Wandering Minstrel said...

as you say sir:
The largest known prime twin is

242206083x2^38880+(-)1

Each member of this twin comprises 11,713 decimal digits! How many prime twins are there? Are there infinitely many or finitely many. In the latter case, how many?

Wandering Minstrel said...

@niki
life's hard (currently)..looking for some solace..not finding any..hence the abstract post

niki said...

@swati- I might be wrong

number of prime numbers is infinite, hence prime twin combo could be infinite..if you say prime numbers are finite and prove it I THINK YOU WILL BE THE NEXT FIELD/NOBEL PRIZE WINNER :)

niki said...

@swati-in the lab...do simulation for almost 4 hrs..screw up in the last step..start again(because the edit in software has bug in it)..life can get even worse...just enjoy the status quo and go have BEER- drown your sadness

~Gurudev Niki :)

Wandering Minstrel said...

@niki
that is one of life's great unanswerable questions! If you answer that, the entire mathematics academia would worship you! :)

So just cuz primes are infinite,do the twin primes also go on or do the primes eventually get so few and far between that the twin primes stop?

You're the one pursuing a master's!
nerd! :D

Btw, the last twin prime..mentioned above..was found out this year..Jan 15!! :O
who knows..you might qualify for the Millennium Prize (CMI)..all the best! :D

niki said...

@swati- wow that was some good info..nice!! :)

and for the record I finished my Masters like 6 months bck now lets see if I can belt a Phd or another Masters :)

and I need a lifetime to answer your question..not easy :(

Wandering Minstrel said...

@niki
ok..so you're either stinkingly rich! or a certified geek!! choose!!

PS: i need to chat with you! VERY IMP!!!!! my US plans have taken a backseat and i'm trying to put it back in gear!!! SOS??!!!

Wandering Minstrel said...

@niki
i'm pretty sure I've hit rock bottom. Beer won't help. I wanna dope!!! although,sadly there's a thin line b/w elation and high.Sigh :(
I need some serious damage control!!!!!!

niki said...

@swati- why cant I be both a certified geek and stinking rich??..hee hee just kidding I'm neither...

okie no problem..I dont chat that much land up wasting a lot of time- like hrs..so I avoid chatting..anyways you have my email rt just add me..else you can surely email me your doubts queries concerns etc and I will surely reply

and yeah where there is a will there is a way...just chilax grl

Wandering Minstrel said...

@niki
you aren't allowed to be both rich AND intelligent--not fair to us lesser mortals *sobs* :( :P

n hey thanks a ton for extending help :) will mail when things are clearer in my head!!