Friday, January 6, 2012

TRIVIAS!

Q: What mathematical symbol did math whiz Ferdinand von Lindemann determine to be a transcendental number in 1882?
A:  Pi.

Q: What digit did Arab mathematician al-Khwarizmi give to the West around 800 B/B.?
A: Zero. 

Q:  What T-word is defined in geometry as "a straight line that touches a curve but continues on with crossing it"?
A:  Tangent.

Q: What number, a one followed by 100 zeros, was first used by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta in 1940?
A: Googol.

Q: What's a flat image that can be displayed in three dimensions?
A: A hologram.

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