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Mayan Civilization Math

October 30, 2009 | Author Dave

Mayan numbers and math

The Mayan civilization’s mathematics were one of the most advanced of the ancient Americas. Rather than using a base 10 system as we use (1, 10, 100, 1,000, etc.) they used a base 20 system (1, 20, 400, 8,000, etc.) One of the most fascinating facts about their mathematical system was that their counting system used only 3 symbols – a “shell”, dot, and line. The shell represented 0, the dot represented 1, and the line represented 5.
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Has Mathematics Discovered The Fundamentals Of The Cosmos?

July 16, 2009 | Author Dave

Mathematics and the fundamentals of the Cosmos

If you can, think for a moment about what we consider the dimension we live in – 3 dimensional space that is. You probably pictured one of those 3D cubes that you used to draw as a kid. Now, try to expand that and picture a 57 dimension object. Can’t do it? Me either. That’s what makes the latest mathematical discovery so mind blowing. It is a rough equivilent to scaling Mount Everest. If the solution to this was written out, it would cover an area the size of Manhattan. And you thought algebra was rough.
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