Mathemagics

Magic squares

To create a 4x4 magic square that adds upto p, let c = p - 33 and then replace the value of c in the following square:

Divisibility rules

Fibonacci series hidden in ordinary division

If you divide 1 by 999,999,999,999,999,999,999,998,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999, you get this curious result:

0.
000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000001 000000000000000000000001 000000000000000000000002
000000000000000000000003 000000000000000000000005 000000000000000000000008 000000000000000000000013
000000000000000000000021 000000000000000000000034 000000000000000000000055 000000000000000000000089
000000000000000000000144 000000000000000000000233 000000000000000000000377 000000000000000000000610
000000000000000000000987 000000000000000000001597 000000000000000000002584 000000000000000000004181
000000000000000000006765 000000000000000000010946 000000000000000000017711 000000000000000000028657
000000000000000000046368 000000000000000000075025 000000000000000000121393 000000000000000000196418
000000000000000000317811 000000000000000000514229 000000000000000000832040 000000000000000001346269
000000000000000002178309 000000000000000003524578 000000000000000005702887 000000000000000009227465
000000000000000014930352 000000000000000024157817 000000000000000039088169 000000000000000063245986
000000000000000102334155 000000000000000165580141 000000000000000267914296 000000000000000433494437
000000000000000701408733 000000000000001134903170 000000000000001836311903 000000000000002971215073
000000000000004807526976 000000000000007778742049 000000000000012586269025 000000000000020365011074
000000000000032951280099 000000000000053316291173 000000000000086267571272 000000000000139583862445
000000000000225851433717 000000000000365435296162 000000000000591286729879 000000000000956722026041
000000000001548008755920 000000000002504730781961 000000000004052739537881 000000000006557470319842
000000000010610209857723 000000000017167680177565 000000000027777890035288 000000000044945570212853
000000000072723460248141 000000000117669030460994 000000000190392490709135 000000000308061521170129
000000000498454011879264 000000000806515533049393 000000001304969544928657 000000002111485077978050
000000003416454622906707 000000005527939700884757 000000008944394323791464 000000014472334024676221
000000023416728348467685 000000037889062373143906 000000061305790721611591 000000099194853094755497
000000160500643816367088 000000259695496911122585 000000420196140727489673 000000679891637638612258
000001100087778366101931 000001779979416004714189 000002880067194370816120 000004660046610375530309
000007540113804746346429 000012200160415121876738 000019740274219868223167 000031940434634990099905
000051680708854858323072 000083621143489848422977 000135301852344706746049 000218922995834555169026
000354224848179261915075 000573147844013817084101 000927372692193078999176 001500520536206896083277
002427893228399975082453 003928413764606871165730 006356306993006846248183 010284720757613717413913
016641027750620563662096 026925748508234281076009 043566776258854844738105 070492524767089125814114
114059301025943970552219 184551825793033096366333 298611126818977066918552 483162952612010163284885

Misc

• Mathematical coincidence

• Pi

• e

• Golden ratio

• List of formulae involving π

• Monty Hall Problem

• Prime number theorem

• Prime-counting function

• Collatz conjecture / Hailstone sequence / 3n + 1 problem

• Kaprekar's routine

• Look-and-say sequence: 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, 312211, 13112221, 1113213211, ...

• Belphegor's Prime: 1000000000000066600000000000001

• Euler's identity

• Pascal's triangle

• Fibonacci sequence

• Generalizations of Fibonacci numbers

• Magic square

• Mersenne prime

• Proth prime

• Truncatable prime

• Wilson prime

• Circular prime

• Woodall number

• Benford's law

• Pandigital number

• Mandelbrot set

• Perfect number

• Tupper's self-referential formula

• Boy or girl paradox

• Ship of Theseus

• Sorites paradox

• Grelling–Nelson paradox

• Brachistochrone curve

• Squared triangular number

• Factorion

• Heart Curve

• Batman Curve

• Four fours

• Lychrel number

• A258107 - OEIS (2, 3, 4, 82000)

• A123568 (31, 331, 3331, 33331...)

• Sums of three cubes

• Ramanujan's infinite radicals

• Goldbach's conjecture

• Fundamental theorem of arithmetic

• Zeno's paradoxes

• 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ⋯

• Riemann zeta function

• Riemann hypothesis

• Perfect digit-to-digit invariant (Munchausen number)

• Seven Bridges of Königsberg

• AKS primality test

• Eddington number

• Smith number

• Amicable numbers

• Freshman's dream

• Sophomore's dream

• Ulam spiral

• Carmichael number

• Hasse principle

• Mathematics of paper folding

• Integer complexity

• Tic-tac-toe variants

• Squircle

• Superpermutation

• Friedman number

• Sheldon prime

• "I don't know the numbers": a math puzzle

• Trinity Hall Prime [*, *]

• Mondrian Puzzle

• The Three Square Geometry Problem

• Money Catching - Numberphile

• Special Magic Square - Numberphile

• Sum of 10 consecutive fibonacci numbers is always equal to the 7th term in the series times 11.
  Example: 15 + 20 + 35 + 55 + 90 + 145 + 235 + 380 + 615 + 995 = 235 * 11 = 2585

• If you multiply an odd number of 3x3 magic squares together, the result is a magic square.

• The number of seconds in a year ≈ $10^7 \pi$ (xkcd #1047)

• 5141 is the only 4 digit number that is reversed in hexadecimal.

• $1^2 + 2^2 + 3^2 + ... + 24^2 = 70^2$

• 987654321/123456789 = 8.0000000729

• 7 is the only prime followed by a cube.

• $\sin \left(123456789^{\circ \:}\right)+\cos \left(987654321^{\circ \:}\right) = 0$

• The 5th hyperfactorial (86400000) is equal to the number of seconds in a day.

• $365 = 10^2 + 11^2 + 12^2 = 13^2 + 14^2$
  $366 = 8^2 + 9^2 + 10^2 + 11^2$

• Some interesting patterns:

  1x1 = 1
  11x11 = 121
  111x111 = 12321
  1111x1111 = 1234321
  11111x11111 = 123454321
  ...
  
  9x9+7 = 88
  98x9+6 = 888
  987x9+5 = 8888
  9876x9+4 = 88888
  98765x9+3 = 888888
  987654x9+2 = 8888888
  9876543x9+1 = 88888888
  98765432x9+0 = 888888888
  
  1×8+1 = 9
  12×8+2 = 98
  123×8+3 = 987
  1234×8+4 = 9876
  12345×8+5 = 98765
  123456×8+6 = 987654
  1234567×8+7 = 9876543
  12345678×8+8 = 98765432
  123456789×8+9 = 987654321
  
  1×9+2 = 11 
  12×9+3 = 111
  123×9+4 = 1111
  1234×9+5 = 11111
  12345×9+6 = 111111
  123456×9+7 = 1111111
  1234567×9+8 = 11111111
  12345678×9+9 = 111111111
  123456789×9+10 = 1111111111