A fractal is a semi-geometric object whose basic structure, fragmented or irregular, is repeated at different scales. The term was proposed by the mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot in 1975, who passed away the week
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking reflects the competitive performance of tennis players, and their ranking is based on the total number of tournaments and tournament rounds they win throughout the year. Researchers from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche have wanted to go further and have developed another ranking based on mathematical techniques.
A study by mathematicians from the University of Uppsala (Sweden) reveals that applause is contagious behavior and that, when we attend a concert, a conference or a play, individuals feel more pressure at the end to join the group. applause the greater the number of spectators clapping their hands.
According to a study carried out using an app developed by the educational technologies firm Flurrish, the operation of the multiplication table in which students make mistakes the most is 6x8. Specifically, for this multiplication, the schoolchildren fail two out of every three times that they try to operate.
Both the reading skills and the mathematical skills that an individual shows at the age of seven help predict what their socioeconomic status will be when they reach adulthood, according to research from the University of Edinburgh (Scotland) that has just been published in the journal Psychological Science.
According to the National Center for Working Conditions in Spain, the phenomenon called "collective behavior", "mass behavior" or "collective dynamics" can be defined as all relatively spontaneous behavior carried out by a group of people before a common stimulus in an undefined or ambiguous situation. These groups of people, generally transitory and lacking formal organization, react to an immediate set of circumstances in unconventional ways.
Spanish and Argentine scientists have investigated the way in which people group together on a large scale and have identified that, at least in the distribution of the Spanish population by provinces, it is governed by the principle of maximum entropy. This implies that how we organize obeys patterns that can be predicted mathematically.
Did you know that a potato chip is shaped like a hyperbolic paraboloid, or in other words, a saddle? This form of nature, which astrophysicists consider to be also the one adopted by the Universe, minimizes the deformation of the potato when, due to temperature changes in the pan, it is subjected to stress.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
