What was Einstein's miracle year?
In 1905, often called Albert Einstein's "miracle year," he published four groundbreaking papers, including special relativity and the idea behind E=mc².
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- What is the taxicab number?
“1729 is called the "taxicab number" because Ramanujan noted it's the smallest number that can be written as the sum of two cubes in two different ways.”
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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How did Ramanujan get noticed?
Self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan sent a letter full of formulas to Cambridge mathematician G.H. Hardy in 1913, and Hardy brought him to England.
Interesting facts about the number 100
100 is the sum of the first nine prime numbers, as well as the sum of two prime numbers (47 + 53), and the sum of the cubes of the first four integers (100 = 1^3 + 2^3 + 3^3 + 4^3). Also, 2^6 + 6^2 = 100