Wild About Math bloggers 11/19/10
Updated: 2010-11-27 02:07:58
Wild About Math Making Math fun and accessible Home About Articles Math contest problem links Videos Wild About Math bloggers 11 19 10 November 26th , 2010 by Sol The latest roundup is at Equalis Here’s last week’s edition . Fun happenings this week in the . blogosphere I’m excited to discover that Sue from Math Mam Writes interviewed James Tanton I missed the interview but a recording is here Mr . Tanton is a very talented mathematician , Math teacher , author of fantastic Math . books Can bacteria solve sudoku puzzles Sort of . Check out this New Scientist article From Math Less Traveled What happens when you hook up three projectors to a single video camera , and then point the camera at the projected images RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME THINGS , that’s what http : www.youtube.com watch
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Wild About Math Making Math fun and accessible Home About Articles Math contest problem links Videos Wild About Math bloggers 11 12 10 November 23rd , 2010 by Sol Here’s a link to last Friday’s Equalis post Here are some fun findings from the : blogosphere The latest Carnival of Mathematics has been posted . I’ve not had time to review . it Thanks to , Shecky I read Large cardinals : maths shaken by the unprovable’ which is a disturbing look at the foundation of : mathematics In the esoteric world of mathematical logic , a dramatic discovery has been made . Previously unnoticed gaps have been found at the very heart of maths . What is more , the only way to repair these holes is with monstrous , mysterious infinities . Alex Bellos has a fun article on his blog , Cubism 2010 about the
Wild About Math Making Math fun and accessible Home About Articles Math contest problem links Videos Wild About Math bloggers 11 5 10 November 12th , 2010 by Sol Today’s Equalis post is up Here’s last week’s . Welcome , everyone Here’s a small piece of action in the blogosphere this past . week Texas Instruments is giving away a TI-84 Plus Silver Edition calculator at my Wild About Math blog . You’ve got to solve a problem to be eligible to win and you’ve got to hurry as the contest ends very soon . Denise at Let’s Play Math tells us about a great sale at Lulu 20 off an order of 20 or more . Wow Sale in the US only and through 11 30. If you ever wanted six different proofs that the harmonic series diverges look no further than CTK Insights Proof 5 is my favorite . Which is yours Here’s a
Wild About Math Making Math fun and accessible Home About Articles Math contest problem links Videos Wild About Math bloggers 10 29 10 November 6th , 2010 by Sol This week’s Wild About Math bloggers post is up at Equalis Here is last week’s article . Lots happening in the Math blogosphere this week . Here’s a : sampling Here’s a timely article about baseball and Math . Winning the World Series with math : A nearly circular path could be the fastest way to home plate gives a counter-intuitive approach to running around the bases . Hat tip to Maria Denise at Let’s Play Math posts a YouTube video by James Tanton about a great paradox how a figure can have finite area but infinite length . Yes , my Math is really sloppy here . http : www.youtube.com watch v=x8-3OlB3G0M Shecky points out in