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Using Octave, a Free MATLAB Alternative

John F. McGowan, Ph.D. January 24, 2011 Applied Math, Software, Tutorial
Introduction Octave is a free, both free as in beer and free as in speech, MATLAB compatible numerical programming tool available under the GNU General Public License. MATLAB, an …
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Octave: An Alternative to the High Cost of MATLAB

John F. McGowan, Ph.D. January 17, 2011 Applied Math, Software
Introduction Octave is a free (both free as in beer and free as in speech) MATLAB compatible numerical programming tool available under the GNU General Public License. MATLAB, an …
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Developing Math Intuition

MathBlog Team January 13, 2011 Essential Math, Suggested Reading, Tutorial
Today Kalid Azad released a premium edition of his well-received Math Better Explained ebook. This brand new edition (available for a limited time for just $47) boasts a screencast …
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When Science Fails

John F. McGowan, Ph.D. January 10, 2011 Applied Math, Probability and Statistics
The recent New Yorker article The Truth Wears Off: Is there something wrong with the scientific method? by Jonah Lehrer (December 13, 2010) discusses several cases where a new …
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The Best Writing on Mathematics 2010

MathBlog Team January 4, 2011 Suggested Reading
While compiling the new math releases for my site that helps you “discover new books“, I came across a brand new book by Princeton University Press, called “The Best …
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Watch Khan Academy on your mobile device

MathBlog Team January 3, 2011 Math Education, Math News
Khan Academy is an amazing non-for-profit project that’s chock full of mathematics, science, and other educational videos. Wide coverage, excellent explanations, and the fact that’s 100% free to use, …
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The Joy of Stats (Video)

MathBlog Team December 31, 2010 Applied Math, General, Math News
The Joy of Stats is an hour long BBC documentary by Professor Hans Rosling, in which he illustrates the beauty and importance of statistics as a means of understanding …
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Free Kindle Math Books

MathBlog Team December 30, 2010 Math Education, Suggested Reading
The CK-12 Foundation is a wonderful non-profit organization. Recently they released several free Kindle ebooks about Mathematics. Currently in the Kindle store you can find the following CK-12 Foundation …
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The Geometry of the MRB constant

Marvin Ray Burns November 21, 2010 Unsolved Problems
The MRB constant is the upper limit point of the sequence of partial sums defined by: \displaystyle S(x) = \sum_{n=1}^{x}{(-1)^n n^\frac{1}{n}}. The goal of this article is to show …
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Gold Fever

John F. McGowan, Ph.D. October 30, 2010 Applied Math, General, History
Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. Common quotation, variously attributed to Yogi Berra, Niels Bohr, Mark Twain and others. Introduction In Isaac Asimov’s famous science fiction novel …
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