In advance of Pi Day, March 14, New Scientist recently published an article describing some very large numbers: These 7 mathematical facts will blow your mind. The article includes some familiar numbers, such as Tree(3) and the Dedekind Numbers, and some additional curiosities including Penrose Tiles, mazes, and octonions (the 8-dimension cousin of quaternions.
Adjunct faculty member of the University of Redlands, School of Business.
Retired Quality Engineering Manager - Abbott Labs (32 years).
Favorite classes to teach: Management Science, Statistics, Operations Management, Analytics.
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