Pictures of Numbers https://picturesofnumbers.com/blog A view into the world of numbers Wed, 27 May 2015 16:58:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Hyrodium’s Graphical Mathland! https://picturesofnumbers.com/blog/?p=43 https://picturesofnumbers.com/blog/?p=43#comments Wed, 27 May 2015 16:53:18 +0000 http://picturesofnumbers.com/blog/?p=43 What a cool Tumblr!  Hyrodium’s Graphical Mathland illustrates the shapes behind the equations…

]]> https://picturesofnumbers.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=43 0 1 to 100 — Mystic Rose https://picturesofnumbers.com/blog/?p=1 https://picturesofnumbers.com/blog/?p=1#comments Sat, 19 Oct 2013 18:25:30 +0000 http://picturesofnumbers.com/blog/?p=1 MysticRose-60-smA Mystic Rose—AKA a regular graph—with 60 points.  Try the Mystic Rose generator.

Each point is connected to every other point.  The mystic rose contains all connections between two members of a group, e.g., how many different handshakes there would be if everyone in a group shook hands with everyone else.

The number of lines in a mystic rose of n points around a circle = n(n-1)/2.  Thus in a mystic rose with 60 points (shown), the number of lines = 60*59/2 = 1770.

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All possible combinations of 24 crayon colors, with Yellow Green on left.

All combinations of two crayons from a 24-count box.

Visit www.TwoCrayons.com

 

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