Archive for the ‘Mathematics’ Category

Explore basic graph concepts and understand them better

slopes of parallel lines
Here are some interactive graphs that help you better understand distance, slope, parallel lines and perpendicular lines.

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The murderous math teacher of S-21

The murderous math teacher of S-21
In a chaotic situation, a math teacher begins a murderous rampage of torture.

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Mathematics and Multimedia Blog Carnival #16

Color blindness test
Read an interesting variety of posts by math bloggers from all over the world.

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Length of an Archimedean Spiral

Watch spring - Archimedean Spiral
A reader poses a interesting question about how to find the length of an Archimedean Spiral.

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Golden Spiral

fern spiral
Golden Spirals involve a lot of interesting math, from exponential curves to polar coordinates, tangents to a curve and approximating curves.

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Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 - now for $0

Microsoft Math 4.0 - paraboloidMS Math 4.0 is a complimentary offering from Microsoft - and it's not bad.

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Singapore dollar - backed by gold

Singapore dollar coin - backed by goldOnce debt starts to spiral out of control, there's not much you can do. Here's one country that is in a healthy position.

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The signs used in arithmetic

math symbolsWhere do our math symbols come from? Here's a short background on the common ones.

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Math book: The Mystery of the Prime Numbers

Book: Mystery of Prime NumbersThis book has an extensive review of prime numbers, their background, distribution and place in math.

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How to reflect a graph through the x-axis, y-axis or Origin?

What does reflecting a graph through the x-axis mean?A reader asks how to graph f(-x) and -f(x), and what does it mean?

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