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This rope symbolizes how the gospel Mark died in attempt to convert the people of Alexandria to Christianity. The followers of the polytheistic religion were angered, and Mark was killed while being dragged through the streets by a rope around his neck. What is thought to be the remains of his body were in Egypt then placed in Venice, Italy, where they still remain today. Mark’s death was for his beliefs, and this act of faith showed just how truly loyal he was to the work of Jesus. The faithfulness Mark had to living out God’s plan, was rewarded in the kingdom of

Albert Einstein once said, "The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible." Nature is not confusing chaos, but an orderly place that our minds seem ideally suited to understand. Why does the universe obey the laws of nature? How are humans able to discover these regularities in natural phenomena? How is it that our universe can sustain life? The idea that so many questions about the universe can be explained with mathematics has plagued many and led to the formation of many ideas and theories. One such theory, the fine-tuning, or teleological, argument is one of the most powerful arguments for the existence of God.

Hungry for knowledge and new formulas, I desire to become a renowned mathematician. When I get home from school, bored and deprived of mathematical challenges, I explore the vast secrets of the internet. Likewise, I watch videos on cool shapes and patterns constantly affecting our everyday lives. Despite this, my uninteresting life brings me back to school where I sit still in desks for hours learning about super PAC’s and oxidation reduction reactions. As most high school attendees would say, almost every single class they take is useless for what they want to chase after in college and the business world. For over seventeen years, spread abroad, seven mathematical problems shake and stymie even the best of minds. Clay Mathematics called these

Once again, numbers have surprised me with their surprisingly complex simplicity. In this passage of Taming the Infinite: The story of mathematics from numbers to chaos theory, the author writes about a vast array of topics, including number theory, prime numbers, calculus, many mathematicians, among many others.

However, this “thread” is stronger than steel and can stretch to 140 percent of its length. At the same time, it’s inelastic, absorbing

Now, understand that I cannot know what cannot be known as the math puzzler had said, except in the peripheral domains of the abstract where only the smartest man in the world might, I say –need to give myself credit where it’s due.

“Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confuse it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination.”

Boyer, C., & Merzbach, U. (1991). A history of mathematics (2nd ed.). New York: Wiley.

The creation of negative numbers, cubic equations, probabilities, and more were a factor in this. In this essay you will get to know Gerolamo Cardano better than you have before. His personal life, math work, and other jobs are included in this. “He (Gerolamo) was sickly and impoverished in his youth, but managed to receive an education..” stated by Michael

Walking into calculus, I was certain that I knew math—I would’ve even gone so far as to say that I understood it. I could memorize formulas and explain proofs, but I couldn’t explain the connections that linked one idea to another. The day Professor Drelles stood before our calculus class with a pair of scissors in one hand and paper in the other, my knowledge turned into understanding. Suddenly, he was an artist, showing us that putting a half twist in a strip of paper and connecting the ends gave the paper a single side. The Möbius Strip: a seemingly simple idea that had complex concepts associated with it.

Abstract The Physics of Prime Numbers [1] Yeow Liiyung University of Leeds Introduces the prime numbers and the Riemann Hypothesis as an im- portant unsolved problem in mathematics, and suggests that there may be a physical interpretation or embodiment of the problem. Although several physical interpretations are on offer, this paper focuses primarily on how the primes may be connected to quantum physics and classical chaos, and seeks to compile evidence hitherto that this might be true. We take a spec- ulative look into the currently unknown Hermitian Hˆ operator, and explore the attempts to identify it. Although the idea is rather complex, and most calculations and evidence reach a level of technicality far beyond undergrad- uate level, this paper tries to put the idea forward on a level suitable for second-year physics undergraduates’ understanding. 1. Prime Numbers Mathematics is intricately related to physics, and is often employed to aid calculations or derive further understanding on physical concepts. One fundamental field of mathematics is number theory, specifically the area con- cerning prime numbers. Prime numbers are numbers that do not have factors other than itself and the number 1; they are not products of other numbers. In this sense, they are like the atoms of numbers and arithmetic, because it is possible to uniquely construct the rest of the numbers from products of prime numbers. While Christian Goldbach’s conjecture that every number is a sum of two

In this paper I will be discussing the concept of the paradox, examples from Zeno and McTaggart, and how modern science has potential solved the paradox put forth by McTaggart. Both of these paradoxes have a enormous repercussion on how objective fact about the world can be understood. I claim that McTaggart’s theory of time can be solved by modern physics as Einstein’s theory of relativity makes time a relative factor in how time is understood.

The Golden Mean is a mysterious number that has been found in plants, humans, art and even architecture. It was first discovered and studied by ancient mathematicians in Egypt a very long time ago. In the study of mathematics one realizes that many patterns often occur. None have been more relevant or fascinating that the golden ratio. The golden ratio has many names and is often referred to as the golden section, golden mean, golden proportion and golden cut. The golden mean has been studied and taught for centuries and is still the most interesting and fascinating things to study. The golden ratio has inspired thinkers like no other component in mathematics.

On the Nature of A Priori Knowledge, its methods for Justification and the Apriority of Mathematics

Mathematics has contributed to the alteration of technology over many years. The most noticeable mathematical technology is the evolution of the abacus to the many variations of the calculator. Some people argue that the changes in technology have been for the better while others argue they have been for the worse. While this paper does not address specifically technology, this paper rather addresses influential persons in philosophy to the field of mathematics. In order to understand the impact of mathematics, this paper will delve into the three philosophers of the past who have contributed to this academic. In this paper, I will cover the views of three philosophers of mathematics encompassing their