Mythical and Mathmatical New Year

In the Chinese zodiac, 2025 will be the year of the Snake. It’s actually the Year of the Wood Snake, which is said to be a time of growth, transformation, and introspection. Being born in the year of the Snake myself, I’ll take that as a positive start.

For everyone interested in Maths, ( and I hear there are some arts & science bods out there) did you know that 2025 is quite a remarkable maths-linked year for at least six reasons..

2025 is a square (45 x 45)

It’s a product of 2 squares (9×9 x 5×5 =2025)

It’s the sum of three squares (40 x 40 + 20 x 20 + 5 x 5 = 2025)

It’s the first square since 1936

It’s the sum of the cubes of all the single digits from 1 to 9 (1 x 1 x 1 + 2 x 2 x 2 … up to 9 x 9 x 9)

And 2025 is also the sum of the first 45 odd numbers ! Wow now who would have known lol

Posters above and below available here

Some folk in the new year’s honours list include author Jacqueline Wilson, film and TV personality Stephen Fry, musician Myleene Klass, gardener Alan Titchmarsh, and actresses Carey Mulligan and Sarah Lancashire.

Painting of Stephen Fry by Artist Jonathan Yeo

Whatever your plans are for the year ahead, I hope they will be healthy, prosperous and rewarding.

Thank you for all you comments and follows too. See you on the other side, Craig x