Maths and Humour

Pie Spies

Which part's missing??.. Of course the smaller one, isn't it? But try picturing the pie as if u were seeing it from the bottom.. or if this pic was stuck at the top of the ceiling...now which is the missing piece?

Hypnotic

Do the red boxes look curved?

This is quite a tough brain teaser. As quickly as you can, say the COLOR of each word above. Don't just read the colors, say the actual color that the word is typed in. It demonstrates a conflict between your left brain - words and your right brain - colors and creativity. After practicing a few times it gets easier!

Ahh... The coolest one. Well try and guess what is this. Please guess for atleast 30 seconds, cuz after knowing the answer you'll never be able to see it as ur percieving it now.

Well according to you these are wierd line. But if u see carefully this is the shadow of the letter "E".

Hahahahaha. Now whatever you do, you wont be able to see them as wierd lines. ;). Isnt it cool.

An Impossible Image. The pathway seems to be at same level when they are seen with respect to topmost point of the two pillars (which are at same height). But waterfall says something different. If water is really falling, then how is the water reaching up along the path.???? :@

C portion of the line belongs to which line. A or B?

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I think the outer rays are moving clockwise and inner ones anti-clockwise.

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Rotating Snakes :D

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Stare at the middle square portion. Do you think its moving?

Another Impossible Illusion.

Impossible Image. Are the stairs going up or down??

Which side is facing up??

Is there a colour gradient in the middle strip???

(TO CHECK: Cover everything except the strip using sheets of paper, or ur hand if its big enough to cover entire thing.)

When you look at this, you would SWEAR that it is a spiral. The lines are obviously moving in toward the center.
But NO, the lines that look like a spiral are actually concentric circles. To prove it, you'll have to move your eyes along the lines very carefully and slowly, or just use your oily finger to leave a nice grease mark on the screen.

Get your eyes checked!

Some more..

Wierd!

Black Magic!

Topsy-Turvy

Crooked lines, eh? Can you rely on your senses?think again!

Now in for some magic!

Focus on the black dot, move your head and say " Tarantula move!" ...
The wheels really do obey your orders...!

Pied Piper of er...houses?!

What a crowd!!

Upside down cartoon

Upside down cartoon

well, try reading half the cartoon from top to bottom...for the next half -- turn thr page upside down and finish the story...!!!
(source: The collosal book of Maths)

Symmetry

One of the most important conceptual tools in modern science is the notion of symmetry. Although we all have an intuitive idea of what it means for something to be symmetrical (e.g. a circle has more symmetry than an irregular polygon), science requires a rigorous definition. An object is said to be symmetrical if it remains unchanged after a symmetry operation has been applied on it. If one object has more symmetries than another, we say it is more symmetrical. For example, a square is left unchanged by any rotation through 90o, or 180o, or 270o. Such rotations are among the symmetries of the square. An irregular polygon, on the other hand will look different after being rotated through any angle. It therefore has no symmetries: the square is more symmetrical. The most symmetrical of all such geometrical shapes that we can draw on a plane is the circle. It can be rotated through any angle between 0o and 360o. Thus the circle has an (uncountable) infinity of symmetry operations that leave it unchanged.

Now we have used the concept of symmetry as the basis of modern Physics Laws...can u tell what kind of symmetry we use in it??