This mathematical constant shares its name with a baked dish, often filled with apples or cherries.
What is Pi?
This polyhedron, often used as a die in board games such as Dungeon and Dragons, and is also the ancient Greek word for "twelve sided".
What is a 'dodecahedron'?
This word refers to any living creature, from domestic pet to wild predator.
What is 'animal'?
You’ll hear this mathematician’s name in physics class, but also when discussing how much a grocery bag weighs.
Who is 'Newton'?
This poultry product is often in the shape of an ellipsoid.
This term describes a coordinate system useful for circular symmetry, but it also refers to the Arctic-dwelling bear that loves the cold.
What is 'polar'?
This classical language, once spoken in Ancient Rome, is the root of many modern European Languages.
What is 'Latin'?
You’ll see this mathematician’s name in probability theory—or on a French restaurant’s seafood menu.
Who is "Poisson"?
Honeycombs take the form of this 2D shape.
What is a hexagon?
In mathematics, this term describes a 3D curve that spirals around a central axis, but in biology, it’s also the shape of DNA’s famous double structure.
What is 'helix'?
What is 'chain'?
His sequence appears in spirals and nature, but you might also see his name in an Italian marketplace.
Who is 'Fibonacci'?
This chip takes the shape of a hyperbolic paraboloid.
What are pringles?
In calculus, this object appears in volume integration problems as a thin disk, but in a toolbox, it’s a common piece of hardware used to distribute pressure.
What is a 'washer'?
The Panama one is famous, but Venice is full of these man-made waterways.
What is 'canal'?
His rule helps with tricky 0/0 limits, but his name might also be on a sign above an emergency room in Paris.
Who is 'L’Hôpital'?
Bagels, donuts, and some cereals are shaped like this three dimensional ring.
What is torus?
In math, this term describes a sum of infinitely many terms, but in literature, it’s a set of books or movies following a common storyline.
What is a series?
What is 'fanatic'?
You might hear this mathematician’s name when discussing complex numbers, or when asking how well a boat turns,
Who is 'Euler'?