What happens when you put seven equilateral triangles round a point? Inspired by sumidiot who was himself inspired by division by zero who were making paper hyperbolic soccer balls, I thought I would put… Continue reading
Having had a couple of more obscure sites, I thought I would put in an absolute classic: The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. This wonderful resource shows the immense power of online databases. A geeky… Continue reading
Only a short post this week. I am on holiday for a few days from tomorrow. Yippee! In playing with algebraic equations I found myself wanting the angle sum formulae: Being a forgetful… Continue reading
I cannot resist replying to a post in Cosmic Variance: Why Can’t We Visualize More Than Three Dimensions? The comments section says much of this already, in addition to the wonderful: Your better off… Continue reading
The new website of the week: This week we have cowinners. First one to realise gets the prize! If you have found my ramblings of interest then you probably already know the zometool… Continue reading
Some exploration of algebraic surfaces and how to design them.
Without further ado, the first winner: Images of the Eureka Tower carpark in Melbourne. Axel Peemöller uses perspective drawing to create directions that are very large, yet only readable from the directions in which they… Continue reading
Terence Tao has a beautiful analysis of sailing, in particular: One of the more unintuitive facts about sailing is that it is possible to harness the power of the wind to sail in a direction against that… Continue reading
Curves and surfaces are a wonderful visual representation of mathematics. They can move from the simple and profound to the complex and intriguing. They have even been accused of being part of a sinister plot. In addition the mathematics behind them is becoming increasingly useful in many areas, algebraic statistics for example.
Finally a new mathematics post!. I have been holding out on commenting on the fascinating polymath project for a while, even though it touches on my central topics of maths and communication.… Continue reading
A short, and late post this week, general chaos in my life is to blame. Unfortunately the busy sort, not the simply disorganised sort. In my previous post I talked about strengthening… Continue reading
This week, my apologies, the post is a little late. However I have an excuse! I wanted to put the piece below out, but wanted to make sure that it had been published… Continue reading
