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Category Archives: Mathematics in Society
Sudoku
As many of you may know, Sudoku is a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle. I recently found an online database of Sudoku puzzles at http://www.websudoku.com/. Sudoku has a great deal of math involved in it. If you are interested in reading about the … Continue reading
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To Get or Not to Get a Job?
Considering that the career you wanted to have in the mathematical sector is not possible for many reasons (maybe you don’t have the degree you wanted, or you have the degree but not an employer to work for), what would … Continue reading
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Are Mathematics Students Expected to Forgo Pure Mathematics?
If a student is asked “What do you study?” and she answers “Mathematics,” it is likely that the next question is “Ah! What do you do with that?”. And if she does not find an immediate answer because this question … Continue reading
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Should Math Be Taught in Schools?
One of my professors (Dr. Autin) posted the following video on her Facebook page. The video gave me a good chuckle. Perhaps some people really do have this attitude towards math. Does anyone experience attitudes like this in their daily … Continue reading
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Review: Loving and Hating Mathematics
by Luke Wolcott I recently finished teaching a summer program for advanced middle-schoolers; my job was to expose them to math they wouldn’t normally encounter in school. Content-wise, this meant things like group theory, diophantine equations, egyptian fractions, elementary number … Continue reading
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