{"id":262,"date":"2015-02-11T12:33:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T16:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/?p=262"},"modified":"2015-02-11T12:33:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T16:33:39","slug":"everest-enlightenment-and-cash-be-like-andrew-wiles-and-join-the-math-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/2015\/02\/11\/everest-enlightenment-and-cash-be-like-andrew-wiles-and-join-the-math-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Everest, Enlightenment, and Cash: Be like Andrew Wiles and join the Math Team!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I gave an announcement in assembly on why I think everyone should join the Math Team: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/iSU21DNZSuc\">Everest, Enlightenment, and Cash<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everest, Enlightenment, and Cash: Be like Andrew Wiles and join the Williston Math Team\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iSU21DNZSuc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/0-Everest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-263\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/0-Everest.jpg\" alt=\"Everest\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/0-Everest.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/0-Everest-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/0-Everest-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/0-Everest-250x140.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Everest, enlightenment, and cash<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Who wants to see the hardest math problem in the world?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">What if I told you everyone in this room could understand the problem?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Let\u2019s get warmed up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/1-Josh-NEW.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-264\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/1-Josh-NEW.png\" alt=\"1-Josh-NEW\" width=\"580\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/1-Josh-NEW.png 580w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/1-Josh-NEW-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/1-Josh-NEW-250x185.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Who can tell me the answer to any of these questions?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">If you had a calculator, could you solve them all?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/2-Josh.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-265\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/2-Josh.png\" alt=\"2-Josh\" width=\"579\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/2-Josh.png 579w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/2-Josh-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/2-Josh-250x184.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">3,4,5 and 5,12,13 and 7,24,25 are called Pythagorean Triples. How many of them do you think there are?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">More than a millennium ago, people started looking for other triples&#8230; for higher powered triples with all positive integers. Solutions to equations like these:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/3-Josh.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/3-Josh.png\" alt=\"3-Josh\" width=\"486\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/3-Josh.png 486w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/3-Josh-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/3-Josh-250x136.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">As hard as people searched, no one could seemingly find any. But not finding something doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not necessarily there. So people kept searching&#8230; and searching.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Are you ready to see the hardest math problem in the world?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/4-Josh.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-267\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/4-Josh.png\" alt=\"4-Josh\" width=\"627\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/4-Josh.png 627w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/4-Josh-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/4-Josh-250x146.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">In 1637 Pierre de Fermat wrote in the margins of a famous book called <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Arithmetica<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> that he had a proof but it was too large to fit into the margin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Mathematicians kept looking for a proof. For 50 years, for 100 years&#8230; for 300 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The search ended in 358 years later in 1995 when Andrew Wiles, a professor at Princeton, completed a proof.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Why? What\u2019s the value? Why did Andrew Wiles devote 7 years of his life to solving a problem that had fascinated him since the age of 10?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Everest: <\/b>The tallest mountain in the world of math was THERE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Enlightenment: <\/b>In the process of creating his proof, Andrew Wiles created who new fields of math that help us understand how the Universe works.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Cash:<\/b> He has been awarded a tremendous amount of money for his proof. In fact, in 2000, the Clay Institute named seven \u201cMillennium Problems\u201d. A correct solution to any one of the problems results in a $1,000,000 prize. At of today, six of the problems remain unsolved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">If you have any interest in climbing Everest, finding enlightenment, and becoming rich, then&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/5-Josh.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-268\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/5-Josh.png\" alt=\"5-Josh\" width=\"728\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/5-Josh.png 728w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/5-Josh-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2015\/02\/5-Josh-245x250.png 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Join the math team.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>2\/17:<\/strong> Anyone can show up to participate in the New England Math League. After 4 rounds we are holding a very strong 23rd place out of all 141 teams in New England, and 14 out of 80 in MA. No sign up is necessary. Just show up!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>2\/22:<\/strong> Come to New York City with us! We have a couple spots left on our bus! <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/wnsmath-nyc\">Sign up right here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>2\/25:<\/strong> Sign up to compete in the American Mathematics Competition. This is the first level competition to find the team that will represent the United States in the International Math Olympiad. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/wns45418\">Sign up right here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Remember, you can have it all: <strong>Everest, Enlightenment, and Cash.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I gave an announcement in assembly on why I think everyone should join the Math Team: Everest, Enlightenment, and Cash! 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