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Antifeuilleton

A collection of 3 posts
Secret division plans
Antifeuilleton

Secret division plans

The following two antifeuilletons are inspired by an interesting book by Underwood Dudley, “A budget of trisections”. The author studies the phenomenon of people solving the unsolvable – angle trisection problem. It is natural for scientists and engineers dreaming of the day when an unsolved, important problem in science or technology
Jan 25, 2016 3 min read
Mathematician’s flag is deepest space
Antifeuilleton

Mathematician’s flag is deepest space

The man starting our story is Vladimir Gershonovich Drinfeld. In 1990, Drinfeld was awarded the Fields Medal, the greatest prize for a mathematician. He is mentioned here because of an interesting detail found in works related to his: the Zastava space. Name Zastava space appeared in mathematical papers after one
Dec 24, 2015 3 min read
The vacuum is blowing in the wind
Antifeuilleton

The vacuum is blowing in the wind

Hero of our today’s story is the Dutch physicist Hendrik Casimir. And two plates. To make the results surprising, let’s place the plates in vacuum: not a single atom will be in the space where we put the plates in. We’ll put them in parallel, just like
Dec 17, 2015 3 min read
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