Floating bodies
Archimedes on floating bodies One of Archimedes’ works deals with floating bodies. It came as a great surprise to me when I read the second proposition of this work of Archimedes: Proposition 2. The surface […]
Scottish Café
Stories of the Scottish Café: and 6. Feeding Lice
In the next post of Fun & Games we return to the book One hundred problems in elementary Mathematics, by the Polish mathematician Hugo Steinhaus (1887-1972). So today we will dedicate this post to the […]
Scottish Café Stories: 5. Wartime Gatherings
In the next post of Fun & Games we return to the book One hundred problems in elementary Mathematics, by the Polish mathematician Hugo Steinhaus (1887-1972). So today we will devote this entry to continuing […]
Stories from the Scottish Café: 4. The Scottish Café Awards
In the next post of Fun & Games we return to the book One hundred problems in elementary Mathematics, by the Polish mathematician Hugo Steinhaus (1887-1972). So today we will dedicate this entry to continue […]
Scottish Café Stories 3. The Scottish Notebook
In the next chapter of Fun & Games we return to the book One hundred problems in elementary Mathematics, by the Polish mathematician Hugo Steinhaus (1887-1972). So today we will dedicate this entry to continue […]
Stories from the Scottish Café: 2. The mathematical gathering
In the next episode of Fun & Games we return to the book One hundred problems in elementary Mathematics, by the Polish mathematician Hugo Steinhaus (1887-1972). So today we will dedicate this entry to continue with […]
Scottish Café Stories: 1. Steinhaus and Banach
Over the next few months we will be devoting some Fun & Games to the book One hundred problems in elementary Mathematics, by the Polish mathematician Hugo Steinhaus (1887-1972). Together with his colleague Stefan Banach, Steinhaus […]