I am a math professor and an advocate for free education. I run a YouTube channel that I hope to grow into a great resource for math!
Massachusetts, USA
Joined September 2016
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🌈 NEW FREE ACTIVITY 🌈
In Balance the Scale, students will use scientific notation to figure out questions like ...
... how many jellybeans will balance an Egyptian pyramid?
teacher.desmos.com/activityb…
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Maclaurin series of trigonometric functions
cos(x) = 1 – x²/2! + x⁴/4! – ...
sin(x) = x – x³/3! + x⁵/5! – ...
Did you know that the terms of these series have geometric meaning?
They are the (signed) lengths of arcs (involutes). Wanna see a nice proof?
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Amazing drawings of Platonic Solids by Leonardo Da Vinci circa 1509. Da Vinci removed the sides in order to reveal the complete structure of the polyhedrons. The vertices and edges illustrate the artist’s graphic genius.
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In lieu of checking work, many undergraduates use the technique of convincing themselves that they probably did it right the first time and therefore don't need to check it.
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I made this fun graphic: I ♥ Math. It is now in the latest issue of the British magazine @chalkdustmag (the version appearing there has the British "maths").
chalkdustmagazine.com/regula…
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If you (like me) use a lot of graph paper, here is some LaTeX code with lots of different styles that you can customize. Fee free to fork and make improvements!
gist.github.com/mcnees/f82fa…
(And send me pics of your best graphs, plots, dungeons, wilderness maps, etc.)
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The Fields Medal will announce its new winners in just a few weeks. I interviewed @MBarany about the origin, meaning, and future of the medal. One of my favorite posts on the blog - check it out!
mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018…
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Mathematician, Carl Friedrich Gauss's words provide some excellent #WednesdayWisdom motivation! #WCoM
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Using Technology VS Technology Integration 💻📱💡 (by @TeachBytes) #edchat #education #elearning #edtech #engchat #mathchat #pblchat
