The following entertaining (but useless) facts about the number 2,016 appeared in a recent Facebook post (and subsequent comments) by the American Mathematical Monthly.
The last tongue-in-check equation is my favorite.
In this series, I’ll explain why these different expressions for have to be equal to each other. I’ll begin with tomorrow’s post.
I'm a Professor of Mathematics and a University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of North Texas. For eight years, I was co-director of Teach North Texas, UNT's program for preparing secondary teachers of mathematics and science.
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