Archive for the ‘Mathematics’ Category

Maria was a brilliant mathematician in an age when that was a problem.

Can 0^0 possibly have 2 values? This, like a few other math "facts", turns out to be controversial.

A reader asks what partial derivatives are all about.

A reader from Lesotho asks how to engage math students.

How can you check if your writing can be read by others? Math to the rescue.

Here are some possible models for the DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average). This is an important ‘real-life’ application of math.

"Math for Moms and Dads" will be a valuable book for parents who struggle to help their children with math homework.

What is the math behind the "12 Days of Christmas" song?

Archimedes had a good understanding of the way calculus works, almost 2000 years before Newton and Leibniz.

Unicode characters use hexadecimal numbers (base 16) to display characters from languages like Japanese, Chinese, and Greek.