If you stretch carefully one of the two, you end up with either an A or and R. Under a topological lens, the letters “A” and “R” are essentially the same since they’re both made of a loop with two legs (topologists call the two objects homeomorphic). This entry was posted in Discovering Mathematics on Novemby User deactivated.What about the doughnuts? That’s a funny quip to topology, the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties of a geometric object that are preserved under continuous deformations, such as stretching, twisting. This scenario happens in our every day life, where maths is actually concealed behind things we would never expect! Although we do not notice it I still feel it is really important as it means mathematics is still around us and even whilst we are watching the Simpsons we are still getting a taste for numbers and sometimes, extremely difficult mathematical equations. The point is the maths hidden within the show. I could literally be here all day talking about The Simpsons and its hidden maths, but that isn’t the point. Here is him discussing the numbers of attendance I have just spoken about, he probably explains it better than me… Simon Singh has even released a book called ‘The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets’. It just goes to show that maths is literally right under our noses without even noticing. But it just goes to show that something that millions of people have probably turned a blind eye to whilst watching their favourite dinner time show, actually means something – something very complicated but also very true! These mathematicians have almost got too much time on their hands. Im not even going to go into what they mean as it is generally far too confusing. These digits might seem pretty random, normal, good guesses in fact, but they actually represent a perfect number, a narcissistic number and a Mersenne prime. On the way in, the camera shows a board with a list of numbers that show the possible attendance.
This includes a joke about Fermat’s last theorem, the most notorious equation in the history of mathematics!Īnother example of hidden maths is in an episode involving a baseball game. These writers, one of whom went to Harvard to study maths at 16, hide hundreds of maths references throughout The Simpsons’ 581 episodes. “Most people are unaware that The Simpsons’ writing team is bristling with maths PhDs, and that the programme contains a huge amount of mathematics in its content.” – The Simpsons is one of the most popular TV shows in the USA and the UK, but did you know that its actually one of the most mathematically sophisticated TV show ever made?! Me neither!
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