A Bundle of Thoughts
A Bundle of Thoughts
Jeremy Newton
Wobbly Tables and Windmills
5 minutes Posted Apr 16, 2019 at 1:29 am.
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I describe a mathematician's solution to a wobbly cafe table with a splash about 3 bladed windmills.
Additional Readings and sources:
Intermediate Value Theorem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_value_theorem
History of Wobbly table theorem:
https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/devlin_02_07.html
Harvard's explanation of WTT:
http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/teaching/math1a_2011/exhibits/wobblytable/
Wobbly Table Mathologer Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCj3qfQ68m0&t
Wobbly Table Numberphile Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuF-WB7mD6k
Catastrophic windmill due to speed increase:
https://youtu.be/wfzgIxMEo8g?t=27
Windmills explained in video
great explanation by a great channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNPIRfxUTQ4