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### Pi day 2017: fun and facts

This article was partially published on DocMadhattan As you know, the $\pi$ is defined as the ratio of the circumference to its diameter. This number, which is transcendental, was, apparently, known since ancient times. There are, in fact, some Egyptologists who believe that $\pi$, or perhaps $\tau = 2 \pi$, was known to them since the age og the Giza's pyramid, built between 2589 and 2566 BC, because the relationship between the perimeter and the height is 6. Read more

### Euclidean distance and others: bikers, taxi drivers and the distance definition [Part 1]

Hello again everyone! For those who don't know us, a very brief introduction on who we are and where we go! MathIsInTheAir is an italian blog of Applied Maths and surroundings and here are the links: english version and italian version. Although our english blog contains not so many posts, we would like to expand it in the very near future. Read more
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### Math Is In The Air February 2017 Column

Hello again by Math Is In The Air. This is our review of posts written in February 2017. Before them, just a brief introduction for thos who don't know us. Math Is In The Air (MIITA) is an italian project started at the beginning of 2015 as a blog on Applied Mathematics. Read more
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### To err is human

The Italiana journal XlaTangente starts its collaboration with our site. This journal was first published in 2007 thanks to the efforts of a group of academics and to the contribution of the Research Center “matematita”. Read more
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### A New Mathematical Stamps Website!

The Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática and the British Society for the History of Mathematics have produced a Mathematical Stamps website, www.mathematicalstamps.eu, for use by teachers and others. Featuring over 450 postage stamps depicting mathematics and mathematicians from around the world, it also includes an extensive historical commentary written by Robin Wilson. Read more

### Neural network and astronomy

The following article was previously published on DocMadhattan. There is also an Italian version published on MaddMaths!   Neural network is one of the most powered method to analize data. It can be use in most research subject, for example in astronomy: in this case, we can use NNs to examine astronomical images or also the red shift effect. Read more
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### Plus Magazine Monthly Column - January 2017

Plus http://plus.maths.org is a free online magazine about mathematics aimed at a general audience. It is part of the Millennium Mathematics Project, based at the University of Cambridge and our aim is to open a door on the world of maths for everyone. Read more
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### The discovery of Neptune: the science overcomes itself

Hello everyone! For those who don't know us, a very brief introduction on who we are and where we go! MathIsInTheAir is an italian blog of Applied Maths and surroundings and here are the links: english version and italian version. Read more
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### From Henri Poincaré to Henri Paul de Saint-Gervais

Whether you are a student or a non-professional mathematician, you might know who Henri Poincaré  is, or was, actually. What about Henri Paul de Saint-Gervais? Like Nicolas Bourbaki, Henri Paul de Saint-Gervais stands for a group of mathematicians. However the comparison between the two groups stops here, the latter being non-secret, and more focused. Read more
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### Math Is In The Air January 2017 Column

Hello again by Math Is In The Air. This is our review of posts written in January 2017. Before them, just a brief introduction for thos who don't know us. Math Is In The Air (MIITA) is an italian project started at the beginning of 2015 as a blog on Applied Mathematics. Read more
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