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Approximating Pi (and other constants) by Radicals in the Footsteps of Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra and Guru RSJ Reddy
Doron Zeilberger
Inspired by the polymath Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089-1167) who approximated π by 20/9 times the square-root of 2, and contemporary scholar, RSJ Reddy, who gave (14-sqrt(2))/4, we point…
A Guide to the Risk-Averse Gambler and Resolving the St. Petersburg Paradox Once and For All
Lucy Martinez, Doron Zeilberger
We use three kinds of computations: simulation, numeric, and symbolic, to guide risk-averse gamblers in general, and offer particular advice on how to resolve the famous St. Peters…
The Average AMS fellow who died before Aug. 2022 lived 83.36 years, published 98.53 papers, and was cited 2473.23 times
Livia A. Stone, Doron Zeilberger
Using data collected from the AMS websites, and the internet in general, we compute the weight-enumerator of the set of 145 AMS fellows who passed away before Aug. 2022, according…
A Mathematical Analysis of Mathematical Faculty
Victoria Chayes, Dodam Ih, Yukun Yao +2
We use the data of tenured and tenure-track faculty at ten public and private math departments of various tiered rankings in the United States, as a case study to demonstrate the s…
Using Symbolic Computation to analyze some Children's Board Games
Shalosh B. Ekhad, Doron Zeilberger
In a delightful article that recently appeared in Mathematics Magazine, David and Lori Mccune analyze the board game "Count Your Chickens!", recommended to children three and up. A…
Automated Proofs of Many Conjectured Recurrences in the OEIS made by R.J. Mathar
Shalosh B. Ekhad, Mingjia Yang, Doron Zeilberger
The On-Line Encyclopedia Of Integer Sequences , that wonderful resource that most combinatorialists, and many other mathematicians and scientists, use at least once a day, is a tre…