Category Archives: Mathematics in Society

The Musical and the Mathematical

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Jean Joseph

Not too long ago, I happened to listen to Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 2; I think there was more emphasis on creating elaborate patterns of sounds than on producing what some call “nice” music. As a result, enjoyment from listening … Continue reading →

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How do you eat your corn?

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Tyler Clark

In August 2010, there was a post on a blog titled Analysis vs Algebra predicts eating corn? The author mentions an observation that analysts eat their corn a certain way and algebraists eat it a different way. One way was to munch … Continue reading →

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Spongebob’s House

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Tyler Clark

I just ran across a video by Vi Hart titled Open Letter to Nickelodeon, Re: Spongebob’s Pineapple Under the Sea. (see the video below.) In this video, Vi brings up many interesting characteristics of pineapples. She also claims that it is … Continue reading →

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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Tyler Clark

In 2011, I had the opportunity to travel to Memphis, TN to attend the Paul Erdös Memorial Lecture Series. Earlier this week, I finally got around to reading Paul Hoffman’s biography of Erdös entitled The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The … Continue reading →

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Machines or us?

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Jean Joseph

Some people claim that there needs to be a computer or some machine to do this or that for them, and over the years, it seems this agenda has been able to be carried out since many things they used … Continue reading →

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