Book Journal Entry – Concepts of Modern Mathematics by Ian Stewart.
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Quick Note – The Fields Medal: Serendipity and J.L. Synge
This is just a quick note that Elaine McKinnon Riehm has published a nice article in the Fields Notes (MAY 2010 | VOLUME 10:3, pp. 1-2) entitled “The Fields Medal: Serendipity and J.L. Synge.” Riehm is co-author of an upcoming book on John Charles Fields. Her writings on John Charles Fields and the Fields medal [...]
Look Sharp: How to Tie a Windsor Tie Knot
An important life skill for looking your best is learning how to tie your own tie. It’s important that you practice before you need to look sharp and impress Below is a video showing how to tie a Windsor tie knot: For diagrams and additional information, please visit the Windsor tie knot page on Tie-a-tie.net. [...]
Dynamic Geometry Sketch of the Orthocenter Triangle Center
Earlier in the year I went through some of my files from my undergraduate mathematics career. Among the things I found were dynamic geometry files created using the interactive geometry software Cinderella. I created constructions of about 26 different triangle centers based on triangle centers found in Clark Kimberling’s Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers. The goal [...]
Favourite Math Theorems: The Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory
I spent many years as a full-time student of mathematics. One of my favourite theorems from my days as an undergraduate was the following from the field of abstract algebra: The Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory If is a finite separable normal field extension of degree with Galois group . Then there is a bijection [...]
What’s Purple and Commutes? A Collection of Math Jokes
When I was younger and avidly pursuing mathematical studies, I started compiling a collection of mathematics jokes. (Yes… I was that much of a math geek ) I stopped working on this collection after completing my undergraduate studies in mathematics. Recently, while combing through my archives, I came across the manuscript for the math joke [...]
