From the archive of the Weekly Filet: Some of the best on Mathematics

Mathematicians Measure Infinities and Find They’re Equal

Quanta Magazine

Reading about this breakthrough discovery in mathematics will make your head spin, but in a pleasant way.

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From Weekly Filet #247, in September 2017.

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A really good explanation of how big 52! actually is

So there are obviously quite a number of ways to sort a deck of 52 cards. Just how big? Try putting it in perspective using billions of years, the Pacific Ocean and the sun. Nerd gold.

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From Weekly Filet #231, in March 2017.

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