Open post Aaron Soley @ajsoley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @fractalkitty@mathstodon.xyz <p>I am hosting the next Carnival of Mathematics! Please check it out and submit: <a href="https://aperiodical.com/carnival-of-mathematics/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aperiodical.com/carnival-of-ma</span><span class="invisible">thematics/</span></a></p><p>Also, please tell me your favorite fun fact about the number 252 - I'd love to include it in the post.</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/carnivalOfMathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>carnivalOfMathematics</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/carnivalOfMaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>carnivalOfMaths</span></a></p> @fractalkitty@mathstodon.xyz 252 is the standard assumption for number of trading days per year. 52 weeks * 5 days/week, minus a few holidays.
Open post Aaron Soley @ajsoley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @vpunt@mastodon.social @ajsoley@mastodon.social @icecolbeveridge@mathstodon.xyz you are correct about the numerator but the denominator changes by 1, we are talking about a single innings 🙂 @vpunt@mastodon.social @icecolbeveridge@mathstodon.xyz Ah, I assumed these stats were expressed as percentages. Like I said, I know nothing about the sport...
Open post Aaron Soley @ajsoley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @icecolbeveridge@mathstodon.xyz <p>An excellent stat: when Joe Root was out for 50 in the Boxing day test match of 2021, his batting average dropped from 50.015873016 to 50.015789474, a change of (it says here) 0.000083542 -- the smallest-ever non-zero change from one innings to the next.</p><p>Question: at that point, how many runs had he scored, and how many innings had he completed? (Spoiler your answers, please.)</p> Spoiler Show @icecolbeveridge@mathstodon.xyz I know nothing about this sport, but I know the numerator changed by 50 and the denominator by 100 (or some integer multiple of that). New denominator 19000.
Open post Aaron Soley @ajsoley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @dotjayne@tech.lgbt <p>it has been <AGE OF UNIVERSE> days since I've wanted to paste with formatting</p> @dotjayne@tech.lgbt I've almost bought this shirt. https://dashare.zone/en-usd/products/i-will-never-paste-with-formatting dashare.zone