Category Archives: Mathematics

Grandi's Series

Posted on January 21, 2014 by timlyg

David Tong posted a fun video in Mathematics a few days ago: 1+2+3+4+...= -1/2 This is called messing around with the concept of infinity. After a long thought...(I must if I were to consider myself a math major)...my concluding response … Continue reading →

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Debunked: King's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4) presumably Solved

Posted on April 2, 2012 by timlyg

Rybka programmer, IM Vasik Rajlich, has solved this opening, scorned by GMs such as Bobby Fischer. Since the total possible moves from this opening is still beyond our technology today, the solution is theoretical within very very slight error, using … Continue reading →

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