The Great Pyramid of Giza is often treated as a monument of stone, but it also functions as a monument of numbers. I see at least fifteen tightly documented geometric and astronomical puzzles embedded ...
According to a widely accepted axiom, people most dread public speaking and math. Buildings are actually a range of mathematical applications, and if you talk about them — voilà! — you are doing ...
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How subtraction, not addition, may have been the secret to Egypt's pyramids
Every few years, someone comes up with a new "this is how the pyramids were built" theory. In addition to aliens or long-forgotten super technologies, many theories rely on unfeasible ramps that'd ...
Math problem pyramid scheme: A fake Facebook event disguised as a “genius-level math contest” has been a top post for half a year, somehow racking up 115M+ views. Spoiler: It’s just a viral engagement ...
The sum of the 100th row is 100 3 = 1,000,000. If you add up the sum values of rows 1 to 8, the result is always the row number raised to the third power.
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