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Rupa Patel reflects to Plus on her work as a financial engineer

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When we finally meet the Martians, John Conway believes they are going to want to talk mathematics.

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March 2008
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Fibonacci, famous for the Fibonacci sequence, also introduced the decimal system into Europe.

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6174 is a very mysterious number. Yutaka Nishiyama explains why, and how beautiful mathematical oddities can inspire us to discover new mathematics.

Tags: number theory : sequence : Kaprekar's operation : kernel : 6174