Matt Parker's comical geometrical pattern published online
‘Aliens with a taste for pick 'n' mix: Woolworths stores follow uncanny geometrical patterns’
Times Online – Eureka Zone
School of Mathematical Sciences: Matt Parker
Matt Parker was inspired by a story earlier in the week that suggested how those in prehistoric times used ancient locations such as Stonehenge to create a sophisticated ‘sat nav’ system. Parker looked at the location of 800 sites that were previously Woolworths stores and jokingly found “precise geometrical patterns”. He said: “It is mathematically known that if you have a sufficiently large set of random data, you can find any pattern that you want with any given level of accuracy.”
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