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2023-12-21
5-2023 How maths saved a blunder
New Year is just round the corner. Some years ago, I wrote about the most famous mathematics blunder created by man. Now, I explain why the blunder is still surviving and celebrated by everyone. Mathematics is at play once again. In spite of the irrational reason for using 360 as a base for dividing a circle, there are some advantages of this choice. The mathematical justification is explained in two videos:
Video #1 and Video #2.
The choice of 360 is not so bad, since 360 is a "highly composite number" and is easy to remember. Watch the two videos for more elaborate explanations. Highly composite numbers were a favourite of the Indian genius Ramanujan.
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360,
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Ramanujan.
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