by Emilie Clark | Sep 4, 2013 | Math Articles
This article reviews a few different methods that Fibonacci could have used to find a real solution to the polynomial [x^3 + 2x^2 + 10x = 20] I will explain what the two most prominent methods are. You can access the article via this link:...
by Terrence Bisson | Oct 24, 2012 | Math Articles
N Ways to Apply Algebra with The New York Times A Brooklyn high school teacher revisits this summer’s controversial debate “Is Algebra Necessary?” Here is a link:...
by Terrence Bisson | Oct 2, 2012 | Math Articles
Here is a link to a website about Maria Chudnovsky, a young mathematician (in graph theory) who was just awarded a MacArthur genius award: http://www.macfound.org/fellows/862/
by Terrence Bisson | Aug 23, 2012 | Math Articles
This article finds all the convex shapes that can be made from a tangram set. Fu Traing Wang; Chuan-Chih Hsiung. “A Theorem on the Tangram”. The American Math. Monthly 49 (November 1942).
by Terrence Bisson | Aug 22, 2012 | Math Articles, Old Math Seminar
You can reach a Canisius sign-in page for JSTOR at http://library.canisius.edu/databases Some journals at JSTOR may be useful for students (info correct as of August 2012); here are links to access them, if you are signed in to myCanisius: The American Mathematical...
by Terrence Bisson | Aug 22, 2012 | Math Articles
The geometric series in calculus, by George E. Andrews, in American Mathematical Monthly, vol. 105, no. 1 (January 1998), 36-40.
