Monthly Archives: March 2014

Awesome K-12 Math Teachers Exist! And they have blogs.

Posted on March 31, 2014 by bfinegold

I sometimes get tired of hearing about how “teachers (meaning K-12 teachers) just don’t understand this or that, or won’t try doing something new,” or are deficient in some way or another. We often advise teachers to let go of … Continue reading →

Posted in K-12 Mathematics, Math Education, people in math, Theoretical Mathematics | Tagged Fawn Nguyen, great teachers, homeschooling math, K12 math, Math Munch, mathematics education, Mikesmathpage, teacher appreciation | 1 Comment

Geometry and the Imagination

Posted on March 17, 2014 by evelynjlamb

If you like geometric group theory or amazing pictures (but especially geometric group theory), you might want to start reading Geometry and the Imagination, written by University of Chicago mathematician Danny Calegari. I’ve been following it for a while, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Theoretical Mathematics | Tagged Alden Walker, Danny Calegari, geometry, hyperbolic 3-manifolds, Ian Agol, low-dimensional topology, research blogging, topology, virtual haken conjecture, visualizations | Leave a comment

On Teaching Analysis

Posted on March 5, 2014 by evelynjlamb

Timothy Gowers, University of Cambridge mathematician and Fields Medalist, is teaching an analysis class this term, and fortunately for me, he’s blogging about it. Analysis IA is part of the first-year math major sequence at the University of Cambridge, and … Continue reading →