• A Month of Math Software – March 2011

    Updated: 2011-03-29 17:20:24
    Welcome to the March 2011 edition of A Month of Math Software (MMS) where I take you on a brief tour of new things in the world of mathematical software.  If you like what you see then you may also be interested in last month’s edition and possibly January’s too. If I’ve missed anything then [...]

  • Getting physical with mathematics using MATLAB

    Updated: 2011-03-26 09:34:50
    My passions include mathematics, mathematical software and gadgets.  So, I instantly fell in love with the LED Cube.  The programming was done in C but MATLAB was used for some of the prototyping. If you prefer something more physical then how about the MATLAB-controlled 3D function machine? Perhaps you prefer a more retro, aural kind of a vibe? [...]

  • Wild About Math bloggers 3/18/11

    Updated: 2011-03-25 13:06:51
    Wild About Math Making Math fun and accessible Home About Articles Math contest problem links Videos Wild About Math bloggers 3 18 11 March 25th , 2011 by Sol I hope you all had a great Pi Day I learned from the 360 Blog that Brainfreeze Puzzles is running a Pi Day contest . No , you didn’t miss the deadline . Entries are due on June 1, 2011. Check it out Vi Hart joins the Tau Day bandwagon with a great video , Pi is still Wrong http : www.youtube.com watch v=jG7vhMMXagQ Antonio Cangiano has a review of You Can Count on Monsters at Math-blog.com Here’s a brief description of the book from Publisher’s : Weekly This compact , innovative book counts to 100 using prime numbers represented as monsters , each with identifying characteristics two resembles a bee with two buggy eyes , and three is

  • Discover Equalis and they’ll donate money to the relief effort in Japan

    Updated: 2011-03-23 22:58:16
    Wild About Math Making Math fun and accessible Home About Articles Math contest problem links Videos Discover Equalis and they’ll donate money to the relief effort in Japan March 23rd , 2011 by Sol Equalis is the math-centric community that I’ve been blogging at for a number of months . Equalis is the innovative on-line destination for the mathematics community . It provides the most vibrant and far reaching math-centric community on the internet , enabling the free flow of ideas , cutting-edge research , open source software , problem solving , open innovation and job opportunities for individuals and organizations with a common interest in math and math-centric endeavors . Help Equalis to increase participation in their community and they’ll contribute money to the Japan relief . effort

  • Wild About Math bloggers 3/11/11

    Updated: 2011-03-18 05:30:12
    Wild About Math Making Math fun and accessible Home About Articles Math contest problem links Videos Wild About Math bloggers 3 11 11 March 17th , 2011 by Sol Welcome to the 3 11 11 edition of Wild About Math Bloggers The Mathematics and Multimedia Carnival 8 is up at . DavidWees.com If you happen to be in the Santa Fe area , or know of someone who is , check out my Math Exploration Groups aka Math Circle I have one coming up . Wednesday Salman Khan , founder of the Khan Academy , has a very inspiring TED video His non-profit’s ideas and software could revolutionize Math education , although I’m not a fan of doing lots of . drills Mr . Sweeney has a clever Math exploration He has kids use Geogebra to figure out if a bird’s trajectory will hit a pig in the wildly popular Angry Birds . game

  • Why I love my job #1: High Throughput Computing

    Updated: 2011-03-17 00:11:16
    Part of my job at the University of Manchester is to help support the use of High Throughput Computing (HTC) services.  I am part of a team that works within Manchester’s Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences (Physics,Chemistry,Maths,Engineering,Computer Science,Earth Sciences) but we don’t just work with ‘our’ schools; we also collaborate with teams from all [...]

  • Wild About Math bloggers 3/4/11

    Updated: 2011-03-11 22:49:58
    Wild About Math Making Math fun and accessible Home About Articles Math contest problem links Videos Wild About Math bloggers 3 4 11 March 11th , 2011 by Sol Welcome to Spring , at least here in Santa Fe , where it’s 60 degrees Just a few weeks ago it dipped to 10 degrees here . Onto Math James Tanton has a really great , very accessible , four part introduction to the Partition Numbers and to the hunt for structure in these numbers . Here’s the first : video http : www.youtube.com watch v=9k9xL9w7-3w Patrick at Math jokes 4 mathy folks has a great puzzle Append the digit 1 to the end of every triangular number . For instance , from 3 you’d get 31, and from 666 you’d get 6,661. Now take a look at all of the divisors of the numbers you’ve created . What are the units digits of the divisors

  • Must-see TED glimpse at the future of education

    Updated: 2011-03-10 00:10:45
    Wild About Math Making Math fun and accessible Home About Articles Math contest problem links Videos Must-see TED glimpse at the future of education March 9th , 2011 by Sol This TED talk by Salman Khan totally blew me away . Check it . out If you enjoyed this post , make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed 2 Responses to Must-see TED glimpse at the future of education” By Jonathan on Mar 13, 2011 Reply I think having the videos is great , and I think having kids look at them before and after the lesson is as well but I am not with him at all about the next . steps Some of my students have been supplementing with videos . I would like to find a reasonable way to have more do . it I would not give up the classroom lecture , with student-driven questions , with me pushing students to develop

  • March Math Exploration Group in Santa Fe

    Updated: 2011-03-09 23:51:03
    Wild About Math Making Math fun and accessible Home About Articles Math contest problem links Videos March Math Exploration Group in Santa Fe March 9th , 2011 by Sol If you’re in the Santa Fe area come check out my free monthly gatherings . The next one is March . 16th Come explore mathematical ideas in a creative way that combines left- and right-brained ways of . perceiving Whether you love math or wish you could , come to our monthly gatherings where we’ll use guided explorations and other techniques to solve interesting problems . The aim is to make math fun and understandable . We’ll cover several topics each meeting and we’ll do so in a lively way . Plus , we’ll leave no student , child or adult , behind . Each exploration will have sufficient depth to allow everyone to learn

  • Mathematica: Interactive mathematics in the web browser

    Updated: 2011-03-09 00:16:49
    I have been a huge fan of the Wolfram Demonstrations project ever since it was launched and have even contributed a few simple demonstrations myself. The project contains thousands of fully interactive mathematical demonstrations that anyone can play with using Wolfram’s free player software and it’s just got a whole lot better. Now, you can interact [...]

  • Wild About Math bloggers 2/25/11

    Updated: 2011-03-05 17:24:08
    Wild About Math Making Math fun and accessible Home About Articles Math contest problem links Videos Wild About Math bloggers 2 25 11 March 5th , 2011 by Sol Welcome to the 2 25 edition of Wild About Math bloggers Shecky identifies two bite size’ Math books There are a lot of bite-size’ books out now that introduce readers to a range of key mathematical ideas without getting too technical or too deep but not too simplistic either Thought I’d just mention two of the ones I particularly like for anyone not already familiar with them One of the books he mentions , 50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need To Know , is a really excellent book . The other , Mathematics : A Brief Insight , is one I’m not familiar . with Have you ever heard of nomograms If not then you’re in for a treat . Ron at Dead

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