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A new episode of #themathematicianspodcast has dropped today. Would you like to discover 2500 year old calculus? I think in these uncertain times, we all should.
Come on down to your favourite podcast app and join me there.
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-u3ed7-...
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If you start with a rectangle, you can cut off a square from one end. This would leave you with a smaller rectangle. This process will then be repeatable, unless your square halves the remaining rectangle, then you're done.
But will this sequence always terminate?
#mathsky #ancientmaths #Euclid
Find four integers such that:
The sum of the 1&2 is twice the sum of the 3&4.
The sum of the 1&3 is thrice the sum the 2&4.
The sum of the 1&4 is four times the sum of the 2&3.
The sum of all four is five times the sum of the 2&3.
From episode 17 of #mathspodcast
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