Archive for the ‘Mathematics’ Category

This fractal was created using a new generator called Fractal Science Kit. It's worth checking out.

A reader from Chile provides an explanation of the locus of the center of an ellipse which moves such that it is tangent to the positive x- and y-axes.

This guy earns around $14,000 per hour, while a Cambodian teacher earns around 20 cents per hour.

There is something very wrong with this picture.

There's a lot more to vectors than just forces and velocities.

Can we measure a country’s level of happiness? Can we properly compare the happiness of different countries?

What does it mean to be happy, anyway?

Here's some nice geometry. It's a way to divide a circle into equal areas, using a pair of compasses and a ruler only.

And it's not bad art, either.

Graffiti in Greece looks very mathematical - even rather nerdy in places.

Here's some interesting number patterns - they could be good for a party trick!

Why do we have matrices and where do we use them? We learn the Chinese developed them long before the West.

Pythagoras' contributions to mathematics, astronomy and music have influenced scientists ever since.