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MAT1650 A1 Shaun Ting Sub2
MAT1650 A1 Shaun Ting Sub2
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Shaun Ting
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5a1)
In the diagram we see a big box filled with small boxes, some colored black. The
diagram you see can be broken down into a few rows of odd numbered boxes. The first row
has an “n” number of boxes (n = 2k+1), which is bent 90 degrees after the k+1 box. The
following row has a lesser number of boxes compared to the first reducing k by 2 (n =
2(k-1)+1 = 2k-1). This is then continued until the number of boxes is only one.
The length and the width of the boxes form a perfect square. The biggest on is k*k in
size. The area of the biggest square is k^2 boxes. Subsequently, the consecutive smaller square
is (k-1)*(k-1) which equates to k^2 - 2k + 1 boxes. The difference between the two perfect
squares are k^2 - (k^2 - 2k + 1) = 2k + 1. If we repeat these steps and find the difference
between them, the boxes will result in another different odd integer. This proves that every odd
5b1)
Statement p: Length of an odd numbered row n (n = 2k+1), the row is bent 90 degrees after
Statement r: The difference between the two areas of the perfect squares is an odd integer.
Premise: p-> q
Premise: q -> r
Conclusion: p -> r
(p -> q) ^ (p -> r) = p -> (q ^ r)
5a2)
To create the diagram above, we have to first create a box and separate it into 4 equal squares.
The bottom left square will be colored green and also label the width and the length of that
square (which has the width and length of ½, which means it has an area of ¼). The top left
would be colored blue, and the bottom right would be colored red.
Next we repeat the process in the top right square, separating into 4, coloring and labeling
(1/16, 1/64, 1/256). Due to this, we know that there are 3 equal main sections to this square
(green, red, and blue). The big square is divided into 3 colors, thus we can conclude that the
5a2)
Statement p: Box is divided into four equal squares and top right square is divided into four
equal squares. The summation of the series 1/(4^k), where k goes from 1 to infinity.
Premise: p -> q
Premise: q -> r
Conclusion: p -> r
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Computers play a prominent role in our everyday lives. It’s importance in the quest for
proof is undeniable. One way computers are used is proof-by-exhaustion; proving that a
statement is true as long as it holds for a huge finite number of cases (Wolchover, 2013).
Additionally, computers help discover patterns in data, which mathematicians use to formulate
conjectures (Wolchover, 2013). Moreover, algorithms like the Wilf-Zeilberger method can
results without rounding errors. In conclusion, computers are important because they allow us
According to Wolchover in 1998, a 400 year-old problem called the Kepler conjecture
was solved by Thomas Hales with the assistance of a computer (2013). The conjecture states
that the densest way to pack spheres is the usual way oranges are stacked in a crate; an
neighboring vertices with lines (Wolchover, 2013). He reduced the infinite possibilities to a list
Hales said “We then used a method called linear programming to show that none of the
possibilities are a counterexample. (2013)” In other words, none of the graphs was denser than
the one corresponding to oranges in a crate. The proof was approximately 300 written pages
long and contained an estimated 50,000 lines of computer code (Wolchover, 2013).
Unsolvable huge problems can now be solved by programming a computer to check all
of its cases.
References
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-11/ams-pbc110608.php
https://www.quantamagazine.org/in-computers-we-trust-20130222/