• Free math resources

    Updated: 2011-02-28 21:40:02
    Here is a list of math lessons and other resources that you may find useful.

  • A Month of Math Software – February 2011

    Updated: 2011-02-28 16:10:21
    Last month I started a new feature called a Month of Math Software and since it turned out to be quite popular I thought I’d do it again. If you have any math software news or reviews that you’d like included in next month’s edition then feel free to contact me. Releases – Commercial Magma V2.17-5 [...]

  • Answer by Alexander Sobolev for What programming languages are used in different scientific domains?

    Updated: 2011-02-23 17:34:04
    FORTH is used not only in telescopes but mostly in robotics. It is used as an assembler for some sorts of chips. FORTH is great when you need a cheap (in terms of resources first of all) and fully functional machine with simple interface. In fact, stack machines (FORTH-like and not) are widely used in science.

  • Wild About Math bloggers 2/11/11

    Updated: 2011-02-20 15:28:20
    Wild About Math Making Math fun and accessible Home About Articles Math contest problem links Videos Wild About Math bloggers 2 11 11 February 20th , 2011 by Sol The 2 18 edition of Wild About Math bloggers is at Equalis Welcome to Wild About Math Bloggers Carnival of Mathematics 74 The Tungsten Edition has been published at Walking Randomly . One link of particular interest was A cute result relating to sums of cubes This article shows a great generalization of the formula : 1^3 2^3 3^3 n^3 1 2 3 n 2. Be sure to read the comments to make the connection between the well-known result and the . generalization March 1 is World Maths Day . What is World Maths Day How does it work When is the registration deadline Denise at Let’s Play Math tells . all Irrational Cube has some nice visual

  • The Scope of Mathematical Programming Projects

    Updated: 2011-02-09 18:00:21
    Home About Math Books Table of Contents Write for us Applied Math Essential Math History Math Education Math News Math Websites Software Suggested Reading Tutorial Unsolved Problems The Scope of Mathematical Programming Projects Posted by John F . McGowan , Ph.D . in Software on February 9th , 2011 3 responses This article discusses the scope of mathematical programming projects using the example of several successful open source free software projects . In the author’s experience , it is common to encounter rather optimistic expectations of the cost , schedule , and risk level of mathematical research and development and programming projects the two categories , mathematical research and development and mathematical programming , are heavily blurred together today , especially for

  • What’s your favorite math book?

    Updated: 2011-02-08 18:17:20
    Home About Math Books Table of Contents Write for us Applied Math Essential Math History Math Education Math News Math Websites Software Suggested Reading Tutorial Unsolved Problems What’s your favorite math book Posted by Antonio Cangiano in Suggested Reading on February 8th , 2011 no responses Let’s do a small experiment . I’m not sure what the outcome will be , but definitely think it’s worth a shot no matter what . Using this link you can fill out a form and let us know about one great math book you’ve read and loved . It can be a textbook , a popular science book , or even a mathematical novel . It doesn’t . matter What we’ll do is collect the titles you share with us and turn them into a list , then we’ll show those books in a blog entry in the near future This should be a fun way to

  • Wild About Math bloggers 1/28/11

    Updated: 2011-02-04 05:19:13
    Wild About Math Making Math fun and accessible Home About Articles Math contest problem links Videos Wild About Math bloggers 1 28 11 February 3rd , 2011 by Sol The current edition is at Equalis Here’s the end-of-January edition of Wild About Math Bloggers . Enjoy Math Teachers at Play Carnival 34 is up at . Math4allages One post in the Carnival that particularly got my attention was by John Cook telling us about an amazing lightning computing calendar produced by Ron D and available at the Dead Reckonings blog . It’s free as a PDF download or you can buy a printed copy at . Lulu Jon McLoone has a really fun article on using Mathematica for cracking ciphers using frequency analysis . techniques NPR has an interview with Keith Devlin the Math Guy , about a fun new book for kids on factoring

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