Holger Seifert | 8. September 2022
Crack the Code Cryptography deals with the encryption and decryption of messages. The central question here is: which procedure is safe, which is not? Here, too, a message was encrypted. Can you crack the encryption? The computer will help you. More information Advanced text
Holger Seifert | 8. September 2022
My Birthday in Pi [latexpage] This exhibit once again focuses on the famous constant $\pi$: Does every sequence of digits occur in the decimal places of $\pi$? That is a known open problem. Here you can check your date of birth: Enter the six digits of your birthday into the computer programme. The computer calculates ... My Birthday in Pi
Holger Seifert | 8. September 2022
Musical Dice Game In this exhibit, chance and music are combined. It is based on an idea by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Given is a stock of already composed bars. By rolling the dice, you can now determine which of these bars and in which order they should be played one after the other. In this ... Musical Dice Game
Holger Seifert | 8. September 2022
Benford's Law In 1881, the astronomer Simon Newcomb discovered that in his logarithmic tables the first pages were more worn out than the last. From this he concluded that the digit 1 occurs far more frequently in naturally occurring data than do the other digits. In 1938, the physicist Frank Benford discovered the same law, ... Benford’s Law
