MATH IN THE MOVIESBy Chris Hill

Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

The number 42.

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42

The number 42 is a positive number that follows 41 and is followed by 43.

In the movie Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy the number 42 was the answer to the ultimate question about life, the universe, and everything.

The number 42 may be the worlds longest riddle because in the book “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” the ultimate question was brought up in the first volume but was not answered till the final page of the fifth.

Jurassic Park

Chaos Theory

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http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/swf/jurassicparc.html

Chaos Theory

Chaos Theory is about finding the underlying pattern beneath all of the chaos that can not be avoided.

When you get findings for an experiment or measurement they will never come out exactly the same, you can’t measure to the hundredth of an inch.

Back to the Future part 3

A googolplex

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The Almighty Googolplex

A googolplex is the name for the number 10 100 .

10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Counting Cards

21

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Counting cards

Start your count at zero then add or subtract depending on the numbers that are reveled.

For numbers between 2 and 6 you add 1 to your count, add nothing for 7 through 9, and subtract one for 10 through ace.

When you have a high count bet high, and bet low for a low count.

Counting cards is not illegal but if you’re caught you may be invited in to the back for a back room beating.

October Sky

Free fall differential equations as used in rocketry

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differential equations used in Rocketry

A relation that contains one function of an independent variable and one or more derivatives.

XYDy/Dx=(5+Y 2)Rate of change in velocity with respect to tA=dv/dtRate of change in displacement with

respect to timeA=d2s/dt2

Old School

Harriot's method of solving cubes

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http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/swf/old_school_test.html

Harriot's method of solving cubes

A system pioneered by Thomas Harriot of higher into lower order equations by setting them equal to zero.

His discovery even though very elementary was very importantHe discovered that if in an equation if x=b,x=c, and x=d then(x-b)(x-c)(x-d)=0

http://www.gap-system.org/~history/PictDisplay/Harriot.html

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"The Almighty Googolplex." procrastinators.org 18 May 2009 <http://www.procrastinators.org/oldsite/googolplex.html>.

Powell, michael. Forbididden Knowledge. avon, MA: F and w Publication, 2007.

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"The Yale Journal of Criticism." project muse 19 May 2009 <http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/yale_journal_of_criticism/v016/16.2booth.html>.

J J O'Connor , . "Quadratic, cubic and quartic equations." 19 May 2009 <http://www.gap-system.org/~history/HistTopics/Quadratic_etc_equations.html>.

The End

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