My latest project has been several years brewing. A system of hook together paper pieces that can make all sorts of interesting geometry. I have used it to engage people with mathematics, to… 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
A great post from Scott Aaronson on Shtetl-Optimized talking about rational literature, with the wonderful point that in many works that do mention science: the juvenile humor at the core of how science works will… 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.
Great flickr meme from Matt Jones making the rounds… it says it all, though the original is not bad.
With the DLR post and now this one I am sailing dangerously close to becoming an observational blog. I am going to hide that in a little rambling about blogs. One of the… Continue reading
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
