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The mathematical (and other) thoughts of a (now retired) math teacher,
Thursday, 29 May 2025
The Distracted Goalie
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The great Physicist, Niels Bohr, was brother to an outstanding mathematician, Harald who founded the field of almost periodic functions....
On This Day in Math - May 29
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No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect ab...
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
From Surds, to Ab-Surds
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I still use the word surd for irrational square roots, and I know there is a undercurrent in modern math education to remove what is consi...
On This Day in Math - May 28
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Twice two makes four seems to me simply a piece of insolence. Twice two makes four is a pert coxcomb who stands with arms akimbo barring...
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