Archive for the ‘Mathematics’ Category

A user of my math site Interactive Mathematics asked whether 0 is a Natural Number or not.

Development of mathematical content on IntMath up to 2006.

A recent article (no longer available) by Sean Mitchell, New York Times News Service, gives insight into the success of the TV show Numb3rs. It also describes the mathematically passionate lead character Eppes, played by David Krumholtz. I liked this bit: "I'm no mathematician," Krumholtz said. "I think it's more important that I learn who […]

There's rarely much joy in mathematics for those who are artistically-minded, and this study tries to bridge the gap.

This article goes into the analysis of proportions of people alive today.

I often wake at odd hours - especially if I am really busy at work, or something bad happens. This morning I woke in the midst of a bad dream at 4:44 am. For many Asian cultures, 4 is not a good number, since it is reminiscent of death and is regarded as unlucky. In […]

Website owners tend to be somewhat obsessed with stats concerning their own site(s). It is very interesting to see where vistors come from and where they go on the site. I had ClustrMaps on Interactive Mathematics for a while. ClustrMaps keep track of what country your vistors are coming from and produces an interesting map […]

Car ownership costs are very high in Singapore - and I think it is a good thing.

I have been following the rapid increase in the cost of gold for some time now. It has more than doubled since 2001.

I have said elsewhere in this blog that a lot of the mathematics that students are forced to do is of doubtful use in later life. And one of the most important kinds of mathematics, financial maths, is often left out of most academic math courses. So I figured I should put my math money […]