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SYSK Choice: How to Get More by Doing Less & Fascinating Real-World Math Fails

Something You Should Know

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Building Codes - A New Nuance of the Math

An exercise class on the eleventh floor of a building in Canada caused it to twist. Engineers had missed this one frequency, which is particularly susceptible to being able to move. They retrofit some devices at the top of the building that would absorb energy and stop them twisting. The incident also taught engineers something new about the mat of building buildings.

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