The great mathematical mysteries

Beyond the classic multiplication tables, mental arithmetic, boring math classes (we’re not saying it…) and endless equations, math can become a fascinating science .

When you take a closer look at mathematics, you discover a host of never-solved mysteries and problems and fascinations with whole numbers, strange mathematical constants, etc.

One of the greatest mysteries of mathematics is without a doubt this endless debate: is mathematics a human invention or just a discovery? Since ancient times, mathematicians and researchers have tried to answer this question.

Using algebra, literal equations and numbering, man has been able to explore the world and nature around him. There are fascinating investigations that reconstruct the history of mathematics and highlight the discoveries of the greatest names in this science: Pythagoras, Galileo, Newton or, of course, Einstein.

These mathematical mysteries and riddles will never cease to amaze us!

The seven mathematical problems of the millennium: The great mathematical mysteries

Researchers have identified seven math exercises as the most difficult: assumptions, guesses, series of numbers and equations that even today, in 2017, have not been solved!

Solving these problems requires a very thorough level of applied mathematics, so only a few mathematicians and researchers have the opportunity to work on them. They stray a lot from high school math exercises …

The icing on the cake: the Clay Institute of Mathematics offers a million dollars for each problem solved! Solve mathematical problems can make you rich ! Very rich! Mathematics is more interesting to you now, right?

Mysterious numbers

If we talk about mathematics, we also talk about numbers.

Like the number Pi, which we talked about at the beginning of this article, researchers and math buffs have long been fascinated by numbers.

Navigating between scientific facts and myths, we are going to try to understand these mysterious numbers such as:

• The golden number (phi): according to mathematicians, the Phi number is present in all things in the universe, in human beings, animals, plants, spaces, etc. It is the factor of the proportions of our universe. Its value (around 1618), would allow, by associating it with the Fibonacci sequence, to draw shapes with perfect proportions. Leonardo da Vinci, with his work The Vitruvian Man , was the first to declare that all parts of the human body had the Phi value as a common denominator.
• The number 7 : present in our cultures, the number 7 remains a mystery to mathematicians. The seven wonders of the world, seven days a week, the seven colors of the rainbow, the seven musical notes … It is an omnipresent number in cultures, religions, and even in mathematics (seven acute triangles allow dividing an obtuse triangle, the 7 is part of the magic numbers, it is a prime number, there are seven types of mathematical “catastrophes”, etc.). Disturbing, huh? The great mathematical mysteries