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A regular pentagon contains the golden ratio in several different ways.

The ratio of a diagonal to a side is the golden ratio, as is the ratio of the side to the distance from the center to a side. This shows how certain numbers appear repeatedly in geometric shapes.

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Every even number greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two primes.

This is the Goldbach Conjecture, proposed in 1742 and still unproven despite being tested up to very large...

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The mathematical shape of an egg took centuries to figure out and can’t be described by a simple equation.

Despite eggs being common objects, their precise mathematical shape remained elusive until recently. The equation describing an egg's...

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The number 142857 has unique multiplication properties.

When multiplied by any number from 1 to 6, this number produces the same digits in the same...

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