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Extra: Read Zeno's paradox of the tortoise and Achilles (great for any grade level!) bit.ly/1IgbSQV #WeeklyMathematician
Zeno of Elea (Greece 490-430 BC) worked on a series of paradoxes concerning infinity. #WeeklyMathematician
This is the last week for #WeeklyMathematician! Thanks for joining us! Free Crossword Puzzle for Semester 2: teacherspayteachers.com/Prod…
Extra: basics of the normal (bell) curve: bit.ly/1JX82jD or a more in-depth look: bit.ly/1OoUFOB #WeeklyMathematician
Abraham DeMoivre developed analytic geometry and was first to state the formula for the normal distribution curve. #WeeklyMathematician
#WeeklyMathematician is almost over! Grab your free crossword on TPT before the last mathematician fact is posted May 26th. Hope you enjoyed!
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Extra: Hui Liu's proof of the Pythagorean Theorem: donwagner.dk/Pythagoras/Pyth… …… and a bio: bit.ly/1RHLvNN #WeeklyMathematician
Liu Hui (Chinese) calculated pi to 5 decimal places and solved linear equations using matrices. #WeeklyMathematician
#WeeklyMathematician is almost over! Grab your free crossword on TPT before the last mathematician fact is posted May 24th. Hope you enjoyed!
Extra: How Pacioli used plus and minus columns for bookkeeping to show credits and debts:mathvalues.org/masterblog/20… #WeeklyMathematician
Weekly Mathematician fact for Friday, May 5th: Luca Pacioli wrote a book on arithmetic & geometry and was the first to use our standard symbols for "plus" & "minus." #WeeklyMathematician
Extra-Interact w. Gaussian Primes: bit.ly/1PlIMrT Learn more about patterns in primes bit.ly/1YyYQwi #WeeklyMathematician
Carl Friedrich Gauss developed the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra and found a pattern in the occurrence of primes. #WeeklyMathematician
Bhaskara I (Indian) was the first to write numbers in the Arabic decimal system with a circle representing "zero." #WeeklyMathematician
Extra: music theory- great little video- fractions within mathematical time values in rhythm: bit.ly/1mgNX0x #WeeklyMathematician
Leonhard Euler (Swiss) worked in almost all math fields, including graph theory, mechanics, & even music theory! #WeeklyMathematician
Really cool!
Geometry teachers, or #weeklymathematician crew, share this with your classes.
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