Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences

*sigh* Somehow, it doesn’t surprise me that there’s a web site devoted to listing integer sequences.

Ah, for the happy days when math actually made sense to me. :-)

Posted by Garrett on March 9th, 2008 in Math, Web | No Comments

How not to teach math to girls

Adventures in Applied Math has some thoughts on the subject.

BAD IDEA #3:
Frame an otherwise entertaining story about computing the power usage of your computer within the context of your math-illiterate wife blaming you for the high power bill. For extra bonus points, explicitly tell the students that women can’t do math. (This happened in a classroom I was observing.)

(h/t Laura)

Posted by Garrett on May 15th, 2007 in Education, Math | No Comments

.999… = 1

Believe it or not, Wikipedia managed to come up with a Featured Article about the repeating decimal 0.999….

Posted by Garrett on October 25th, 2006 in Math, Wikipedia | 2 Comments

Happy Pi day!

It’s 3.14! :-) Check out Laura’s blog for some good links.

Posted by Garrett on March 14th, 2006 in Math | No Comments