Getting Math help in realtime...
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Antonio Cangiano in
Math Websites on
01 23rd, 2008 |
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Chances are that in the process of learning (or re-learning) mathematical concepts you will often find yourself in need of some clarification. That’s normal and nothing to be ashamed of. It actually means that you are absorbing something new and challenging. This can become an issue, particularly if...
Where Math-Blog is headed...
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Antonio Cangiano in
Math Education on
12 4th, 2007 |
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Since I began this blog, and from the time when the first of its posts started to grow in popularity, I’ve simultaneously received numerous emails from people who are deeply interested in math. If we exclude entirely nonsensical and almost comical rants from folks whose sanity is, at best,...
Rejecta Mathematica...
Tired of getting shot down when submitting mathematical articles to peer reviewed journals? Rejecta Mathematica comes to the rescue. This new site, which currently has a call for papers, is self-described as follows:
Rejecta Mathematica is a new, open access, online journal that publishes only papers that...
I’m reading a fantastic mathematic...
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Antonio Cangiano in
Suggested Reading on
10 18th, 2007 |
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While I’m very busy at work and in my daily life, I’ve managed to start reading a new mathematical novel. It’s called A Certain Ambiguity: A Mathematical Novel and is published by the Princeton University Press. I’ve read only a few chapters but I must say that I’m really...
Thought-provoking Mathematical Videos...
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Antonio Cangiano in
Essential Math, Math Education, Suggested Reading on
09 9th, 2007 |
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1. The Tenth Dimension
2. Outside in (Turning a sphere inside out)
3. Flatland the film (Trailer)
The full movie is available on DVD, and of course, you can also get “Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions”, dirt cheap (a classic geek novel for less than 4 bucks). If you prefer, you could...
Ten Must Read Books about Mathematics...
I love books with the ability to inspire readers. Many non-mathematicians consider mathematics as something abstruse and complicated, suitable only for ‘nerds’. Often I highlight the unfounded nature of this prejudice, but nothing is more effective at disproving this stigma than a good book. I...
A 10 minute tutorial for solving Math pr...
About 50,000 people read my article 3 awesome free Math programs. Chances are that at least some of them downloaded and installed Maxima. If you are one of them but are not acquainted with CAS (Computer Algebra System) software, Maxima may appear very complicated and difficult to use, even for the resolution...
3 awesome free Math programs...
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Antonio Cangiano in
Software on
06 2nd, 2007 |
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Mathematical software can be very expensive. Programs like Mathematica, Maple and Matlab are incredibly powerful, flexible and usually well documented and supported. Their price tags however are a big let down for many people, even if there are cheap (in some cases crippled) versions available for...
What kind of Math did they teach you?...
Last week “Digg effect” had quite an impact on my hosting provider. So much so that they kindly (sic) pulled the site off the web after 10 minutes of Digg love, without even bothering to send me a warning or any notification. When I complained they told me, “let us know when you are off...
Refresh your High School Math skills...
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Antonio Cangiano in
Essential Math, Math Education, Suggested Reading on
05 16th, 2007 |
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In my first article “The most enlightening Calculus books”, I argued the importance of maintaining high standards for mathematics education and suggested deep and inspiring calculus books for those of you who are interested in pursuing the joy of learning mathematics. The feedback has been...
