http://www.arsmathematica.net/2006/04/22/open-thread-2/ Dedicated to the mathematical arts. Fri, 29 May 2015 09:17:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 http://www.arsmathematica.net/2006/04/22/open-thread-2/#comment-556 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:36:10 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/04/22/open-thread-2/#comment-556 By strange coincidence both the Goldbach Conjecture and the problem of determining whether or not an air bubble in a Twinkie is likely to be connected to the outside world are both listed here. (The Twinkie problem is, to a half reasonable approximation, number 16 on that list.)

]]> http://www.arsmathematica.net/2006/04/22/open-thread-2/#comment-555 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 02:50:39 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/04/22/open-thread-2/#comment-555 Damn you, mathematics, for your unreasonable effectiveness!

]]> http://www.arsmathematica.net/2006/04/22/open-thread-2/#comment-554 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:20:09 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/04/22/open-thread-2/#comment-554 Didn’t you know? The Goldbach conjecture is directly applicable to sponginess in snack foods.

]]> http://www.arsmathematica.net/2006/04/22/open-thread-2/#comment-553 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:45:19 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/04/22/open-thread-2/#comment-553 Math is stupid! If it doesn’t help make a better Twinkie or something, I don’t see why I should have to care about it!

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