In anticipation of Bender's Big Score (aka new Futurama) making
its television debut this weekend (Sunday 8pm/7c) isn't it time you brush up on
the hardest of the hard-core math references from the series?
a bachelor's degree in physics from Harvard University and a master's degree in
computer science from UC Berkeley. But did you know that staff writer Ken
Keeler has a PhD in applied math, also from Harvard? You did? Nerd.
with dual degrees in physics and engineering, you owe it to yourself to check
out Dr. Sarah J. Greenwald's Futurama Math page, which collects and explains
every math reference in academic detail.
Here's the quick and dirty:
"Ramanujan-Hardy" number. One day (Godfrey Harold) Hardy took a cab
to visit (Srinivāsa) Ramanujan
and commented that his taxicab number, 1729, was dull. Ramanujan quickly
replied that 1729 was in fact a very interesting number since it is the
smallest number that can be written as the sum of two cubes in two different
ways, as 9^3 + 10^3 and 1^3 + 12^3."
shiny metal, meatbag.
fry and benter rule
fry and benter rule
what is the largest prime number ?
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people really into math make me very jealous.
so far this new episode sucks! it's not up to par!!!