Math Education
Review: SOLVE THIS! A Book for Problem-Solvers (and Those Learning To Join Them)
After first hearing of James Tanton (the subject of our April 2017 interview), I was excited to discover that he had books in print. The first one…
Unsolved Problems
Articles
Applied Math
Eugene Goostman, Teenaged AI, and the Definition of Number
Eugene Goostman, an artificial intelligence program purporting to be a thirteen year old boy from the Ukraine, recently prompted a spate of breathless news articles reporting that an…
Applied Math
The Mathematics of Terminators
Can we make computers that think like or even better than human beings? If we can, will these computers make the world a better place as in Isaac…
Unsolved Problems
The Geometry of the MRB constant
The MRB constant is the upper limit point of the sequence of partial sums defined by: [tex]\displaystyle S(x) = \sum_{n=1}^{x}{(-1)^n n^\frac{1}{n}}[/tex]. The goal of this article is to…
Applied Math
In-Depth Book Review: The Computer as Crucible
Title: The Computer as CrucibleAuthors: Jonathan Borwein and Keith DevlinTrue pp.: 154Publisher: A K Peters LtdPublished on: November 2008ISBN-13: 978-1568813431Rating: 8/10 Jonathan Borwein and Keith Devlin are well-known…
History
An Unreasonable Man
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.…
History
Two Beautiful Mathematical Documentaries
Two beautiful mathematical documentaries are “Fermat’s Last Theorem” and “Dangerous Knowledge”. Both take a popular science style approach to describing compelling and emotional stories about great mathematicians. The…