Monday, July 4, 2016

Dianna Cowern: Bizarre spinning toys: PhiTOP



  • PhiTOP
  • Inertia
  • Angular momentum
  • Torque
  • Right hand rule
  • Gyroscopic Precession

Roger Bowley: 15 bumfit



  1. Yan
  2. Tan
  3. Tethera
  4. Pethera
  5. Pimp
  6. Sethera
  7. Lethera
  8. Hovera
  9. Covera
  10. Dik
  11. Yan-a-dik
  12. Tan-a-dik
  13. Tethera-dik
  14. Pethera-dik
  15. Bumfit
  16. Yan-a-bumfit
  17. Tan-a-bumfit
  18. Tethera-bumfit
  19. Pethera-bumfit
  20. Figgot

James Grime: 220 and 284: Amicable Numbers (友愛数)

Laurence Eaves: 69!: Factorial (階乗)

Laurence Eaves


OS X Calculator 92!

Roger Bowley: 6174: Kaprekar's Constant



Example:

7348

8743
3478
----------
5265

6552
2556
----------
3996

9963
3699
-----------
6264

6642
2466
-----------
4176

7641
1467
------------
6174


7641
1467
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6174

James Grime: 8128 and Perfect Numbers (完全数)

James Grime

Ria Symonds: 16: 16 and Square Number (平方数)

Ria Symonds



  • Perfect square

Zvezdelina Stankova: Pebbling a Chessboard

Zvezdelina Stankova

James Grime: 11.11.11: 11 and Check digit in ISBN (ISBNのチェックディジット)

James Grime

Sunday, July 3, 2016

Wrecker Ball Sequences



Bernardo Recamán Santos

What's the Next Number?




  • Neil Sloane
  • Catalan number (カタラン数)
  • Recamán's Sequence (A005132)

The OEIS Movie

Tony Padilla: Six Sequences

Tony Padilla

Saturday, July 2, 2016