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Monthly Archives: June 2015
An Ugly Song That Definitely Won’t Get Stuck In Your Head. I Promise.
If you’ve ever had the hook from Call Me Maybe stuck in your head for three days, you know the power of a well-patterend musical hook. It’s these patterns in music that speak to our human brains and often help … Continue reading
Posted in Mathematics and the Arts
Tagged John P. Costas, Math and Music, Scott Rickard, Solomon W. Golomb, TED Talk
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Getting Warmer…
I’m currently teaching a summer school for high school students. Our main focus is number theory and its applications to cryptology, but I like to start each morning with some kind of warm-up math puzzle or game. I know plenty … Continue reading
Happy Deep Fried Torus Day
Last Friday was National Doughnut Day and I hope everyone celebrated accordingly. Aside from being delicious with a cup of coffee, these sweet treats are a great way to think about math. From simple brain teasers to advances in quantum … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Math Education
Tagged BedtimeMath, Mathesia, Mathjokes4mathyfolks, National Doughnut Day, YummyMath
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Botanical Mathematicians
When I clicked on a blog post called “Bamboo Mathematicians,” I assumed it would be about the bamboo multiplication table recently cleaned up and analyzed by researchers at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Those bamboo strips, dating from approximately 305 BCE, … Continue reading
Posted in Applied Math, Biomath
Tagged bamboo, biology, botany, Carl Zimmer, cicadas, mathematical models of evolution, plants
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