Pure Math
The product of 10 x 15.
What is 150?
This operation is a way to demonstrate repeated addition.
What is multiplication?
This mathematical philosopher known for his famous formula a2+b2=c2 started a cult that worshipped numbers, in which those who were considered loyal followers would be able to learn mathematical secrets.
Who is Pythagoras?
This kind of paradox deals with the complications of the distortion of time.
What is a temporal paradox?
Accepted answers: Anachronistical perception, chrono-illusion.
Bonus points if you name the first 3 digits.
What is Pi?
This number is represented by the variable x in this question, 9x=81.
What is 9?
This operation, represented by (yx) or ((xy)z), is a process of repeated exponentiation, and is also known as hyper4.
What is tetration?
This modern numeric system was most likely invented in India, despite its name suggesting otherwise.
This paradox conceptualized by Henry E. Kyburg Jr. states that if there is a chanced occurrence that is guaranteed to have one person win, it is statistically proper to assume that any one person will not win, but not statistically proper to assume all people won't win.
What is the lottery paradox?
This law states that 20% of contributors contribute 80% to a statistic. (Eg. 20% of computer bugs cause 80% of the errors)
What is the Pareto principle?
This number (answer in scientific notation) is equivalent to (1.35x105)x(2x102).
What is 2.7x107?
The common name for hyper3 in mathematical operations. (Hint: hyper2 is multiplication)
What is exponentiation?
Acceptable answers include: real numbers, scientific notation, exponents, and complex numbers.
This mathematical genius is often accredited for breaking the Enigma code, and when we say something is ___-complete, it will also experience the halting problem.
Who is Alan Mathison Turing?
Acceptable answers: Turing and Alan Turing
This theory of math, used most prominently by Georg Cantor, was famously disproved by the Russel's Paradox, The Barber's Paradox, and Gödel's Numbers.
This law states that when examining statistics from a literary corpus, the 2nd most common word will be 50% as frequent compared to the 1st most common word, and the 3rd most common 33%, following the pattern of 1/frequency_rank.
What is Zipf's law?
In the equation 101/3, this number repeats indefinitely starting at the tenths place.
What is 6?
This operation's symbol derives from the 18th Greek letter and is used for summation.
What is Sigma?
This book's fifth postulate was so controversial, it resulted in the study of non-Euclidean geometry.
What is Euclid's Elements?
This theoretical infinite-spanning hotel is used to conceptualize the paradox of different infinities, such as the Real infinity and Natural infinity.
Where is Hilbert's Hotel?
This type of point can be used to describe a point that is diametrically opposed to another point on a spherical plane and can be measured with this equation: −φ, θ ± 180°.
What are antipodes?
This number is the answer obtained from answering 153.
What is 3375?
In algebra, this value often used to mark a spot on a cartesian plane, is sometimes called an abscissa.
What is the x coordinate?
Although born centuries after the conception of this mathematical study, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi was the one to give us its modern name.
What is algebra?
Accepted answer: Al-gebra, kitab Al-Jabr, and Jabr
These three classifications can be used to classify paradoxes, and have been invented by W. V. O. Quine.
(Name three, gain points based on how many correct)
What are veridical paradoxes, falsidical paradoxes, and antinomies?
This constant, φ, is represented by a Greek letter of the same name, and is used to calculate the golden ratio.
What is Phi?