In2SciFi

Happy Square Root Day!

Today is 3/3/9 … 3 X 3 = 9 … √9 = 3

Square Root day and other mathematically oriented dates happen occasionally. There was 2/2/4 and there will be 4/4/16 coming up and more through the end of the century. There’s even a contest associated with the day run by a teacher in Redwood City with a prize of $339 to the winner.

Dates can be fun and not just in the mathematical sense, but math itself is an old pastime that always helps to keep me thinking. Square Root day is just another way to remember how much math means to me.

I’m finally back online and able to post again, so I’ll be starting again in the next several days as I catch up with things. What amazes me most while I’ve been offline is the volume of spam posts there have been to the blog. So many attempts to get something posted! All of the attempts were so obvious, yet they keep coming in. I sometimes wonder why, but I’m sure I know. It doesn’t require any effort. Adding one posting address to a list and everything else is automatic. What a waste.