Archive for September, 2010

Here's an interesting trip through a 3-D mathematical art space.

The unit circle ties together 3 great strands in mathematics: Euclidean geometry, coordinate geometry and trigonometry.

Why do people access Google maps least on a Sunday? And why is gmail traffic so periodic?

In this Newsletter:

1. Resource: Lumosity brain games
2. Music and transformation geometry
3. What does Japan's history tell us about the DJIA's future?
4. Impossible integral question
5. Friday math movie: Math of rock climbing
6. Final thought: water

Scarlett has trouble solving an integration problem. It's no wonder, since the problem is impossible!

Composers use many ideas from geometry when they write music.

Will the DJIA follow the Nikkei down into oblivion? Japan's story may give us a clue.

Here is a real life application of math - life and death, in fact.