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 [...]
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 [...]
First Math T-Shirt Design Available from WEARMATH.COM
In collaboration with a mathematician friend of mine, I’ve created a new site called WEARMATH.COM. Our aim is to make available cool, sophisticated, and meaningful math t-shits and other apparel — designs created by mathematicians for mathematicians. Today we launched our first design: “Support the Axiom of Choice”. You can get your own shirt today [...]
