The Harvey Mudd College Mathematics Department has created a Math Fun Facts resource site that I have to admit is WAY over my head! They explain: "This archive is designed as a resource for enriching your math courses and nurturing your interest and talent in mathematics! Each Math Fun Fact is a math puzzle or short article that contains a cool mathematics idea. You can learn about the mathematics of things like card shuffling to poker to computer vision to fractals to music, just to name a few. This makes great enrichment material for gifted math students or problem-solving groups."
They list ALGEBRA, CALCULUS, GEOMETRY. NUMBER THEORY, and PROBABILITY among the areas of "fun facts". You can also search by "Easy, Medium and Advanced" difficulty.
I have to admit that I have been fascinated by how many everyday examples they bring to fun facts-- Here are great responses to the age old retort: "When am I ever going to use this stuff?"
Harvey Mudd College is a member of The Claremont Colleges in Claremont, California
They list ALGEBRA, CALCULUS, GEOMETRY. NUMBER THEORY, and PROBABILITY among the areas of "fun facts". You can also search by "Easy, Medium and Advanced" difficulty.
I have to admit that I have been fascinated by how many everyday examples they bring to fun facts-- Here are great responses to the age old retort: "When am I ever going to use this stuff?"
Harvey Mudd College is a member of The Claremont Colleges in Claremont, California
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