If God’s true name were a sequence of four letters, two vowels and two consonants, as we speculated last week based on the well-known story by Arthur C. Clarke The nine billion names of God, and we accepted any sequence of four letters that met that condition, the number of possibilities is not difficult to … Read more
Sierpinski triangle.Encyclopaedia Britannica (Universal Images Group via Getty Images) In previous weeks we have seen the surprising relationship of the Tower of Hanoi with Hamiltonian tours, as well as with the legend of the inventor of chess, and the versatile tower still has some surprises in store. For example, its relationship with the Sierpinski triangle, … Read more
The NBA All Star classic returns in 2024. The best players from each conference will face each other for another year in the most anticipated friendly in American basketball. LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo will repeat as captains of the west and east, respectively. The coaches will be Doc Rivers (Milwaukee Bucks) and Chris Finch … Read more
Biopics about artists rarely impress. Most often, these films act as “best-of” compilations of musicians’ careers, where the feeling is that the scriptwriters have gone through appropriate Wikipedia pages to efficiently, but often without feeling, assemble longer periods of time into two-hour feature films. Instead of following the trend goes Bob Marley: One Love its … Read more
Professional American football will arrive in Spain for the first time in 2025. The National Football League (NFL), the most important sports league in the United States, announced this Friday that the Santiago Bernabéu will then host a regular season match. Peter O’Reilly, one of the organization’s vice presidents, broke the news from Las Vegas, … Read more
Last week we asked ourselves about a formula that would allow us to find the nth tetrahedral number as a function of n without having to add the first n triangular numbers; Here it is (can you prove it?): Tn = n(n + 1)(n + 2)/6 In the case of n = 22: 22 x … Read more
Last week we asked ourselves about a formula that would allow us to find the nth tetrahedral number as a function of n without having to add the first n triangular numbers; Here it is (can you prove it?): Tn = n(n + 1)(n + 2)/6 In the case of n = 22: 22 x … Read more
NBA working day 89 Atlanta Hawks Dallas Mavericks Luka Dončić made it even more difficult in a crazy week in which players have scored baskets like crazy in the NBA. The Dallas Mavericks player shattered his personal and team records in a game for the ages. The Slovenian scored 73 points, the fourth best record … Read more