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For those of you who don’t know, it is indeed 09/09/09 day. Woohoo? Ya I know, it’s just another day, but for some reason the general public LOVES symmetry, so let’s give them what they like to hear 😉 First, since it’s not a leap year, September 9, 2009, is the 252nd day of the …
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I had a constant amount of homework. I tried to derive its purpose, but I got nothing. I could only get arbitrarily close to my textbook, but I could never reach it. I am sure that I put it inside my Klein Bottle last night, but this morning I could not find it. I locked …
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Test your mathematics by answering the following questions (no peaking below): 1. Noah built it. 2. An expression that represents the loss of a parrot. 3. An appropriate title for Koll the knight. 4. A sunburned man. 5. What we do when it rains. 6. What you call someone who wrote for an Inn. 7. …
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Written by Clifford Pickover, The Math Book, covers 250 milestones in mathematics. It has information about the Fibonacci series, the Goldbach Conjecture, Benford’s Law, the Prisoner’s Dilemma, Newcomb’s Paradox, Tokarsky’s Unilluminable Room, discovery of pi, etc. Each two-page spread has an excellent story about a mathematical principle, discovery, puzzle, or person. You can find more …
The Math Book (tells the history of mathematics) Read More »
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Yesterdays Spiked Math Comic: And I agree with the 360 post, Xi-over-Xi-bar would be the coolest fraction ever!
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I thought it would be fun to create a video on “How to play strimko.” It’s just like Sudoku but more fun!! Hopefully the creators over at strimko.com don’t mind me posting it on Youtube ^_^ You can view the video here (and you can play the fun game at strimko.com).
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Twenty Questions is a popular game which encourages deductive reasoning. Usually, one person is chosen to be the answerer. That person chooses a subject but does not reveal this to the others. All other players are questioners. They each take turns asking a question which can be answered with a simple “Yes” or “No”. Lying …
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This is a list of some of my favorite math blogs that I keep an eye on. 360 A Mathematics Study Log with Musings and Views BetterExplained Casting Out Nines Conceptis addict Concerns of Young Mathematicians Continuities f(t) God Plays Dice Good Math, Bad Math jd2718 Let’s play math! Math Concepts Explained Walking Randomly