Category Archives: Mathematics Online

Mathematical Terms

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Tyler Clark

Earlier today, I was talking with someone who brought up “eigenvalues.” I answered their questions; however, I realized that I had no clue where the word comes from or what it really insinuates. In fact, there are many math terms … Continue reading →

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Who’s That Mathematician?

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Tyler Clark

Paul Halmos (1916-2006) was an American mathematician born in Hungary. He worked in probability there, statistics, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis. He received the AMS Steele Prize for exposition. Three of his books include How to Read Mathematics, How to Write … Continue reading →

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This Day in Mathematics History

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Tyler Clark

I enjoy reading about mathematics history. One of my favorite websites for this is http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Day_files/Now.html hosted by the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Today’s mathematician births and deaths are shown below. This page also has some quotations from the day’s featured … Continue reading →

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Math Art

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Tyler Clark

A reader (Robert Langton) suggested http://oliversin.eu/. It has a lot of beautiful paintings displayed on it. Many of them are math oriented. The artist’s bio is: Oliver Šin is a Hungarian artist based in Budapest. His influences come from street art, underground … Continue reading →

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Math Flash Cards

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Tyler Clark

I was looking online for some LaTeX flashcard templates the other day and came across some nice flashcards by Jason Underdown at The University of Utah. (Find them at http://www.math.utah.edu/~jasonu/flash-cards/.) He has both math and physics flash cards on his website. … Continue reading →

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