Comments for Math-Blog

Comment on On the Importance of Mathematics by Realizbeth

2009-06-30T08:03:11Z

A very tough but most interesting subject of all. It requires us to think analytically and critically. Everyone must give their full attention in studying this subject if they really want to become successful in the profession that they decided to pursue…

Comment on 13 Useful Math Cheat Sheets by Steve

2009-06-26T22:17:25Z

Ouch!! I wish I knew about the Matlab Cheat Sheet when I was using matlab！

Comment on Review of Math for Moms and Dads by Steve

2009-06-24T22:07:10Z

Our kids are very young - 14 mos and 30 mos.
We are trying to introduce them to math in a way that makes it fun - trying to instill a love of mathematics.

We let them watch programs on the “noggin” network… now my 30 month-old counts up to 4 and can do some basic math skills that they teach in a “fun” environment.

Comment on 13 Useful Math Cheat Sheets by kendra

2009-06-22T18:03:07Z

umm i need a cheat sheet for tomorow, i dont know how to make one we are allowed to use one but dont know how to make one for grade 7…. help!!!

Comment on On the Importance of Mathematics by cUtEaNgEl

2009-06-18T11:45:18Z

i love math forever it is very use ful for us for our succesful mambition in life….

Comment on On the Importance of Mathematics by Jaxwhepee

2009-06-17T12:29:50Z

Yup!!! Math I love

Comment on 13 Useful Math Cheat Sheets by Simon Jensen

2009-06-11T06:05:19Z

Try using your Elementary Algebra Cheat Sheet to solve this:

http://blogoff.simonjensen.com/#post0

Maybe, some extra information is needed on the cheat sheet.

Best wishes!
Simon

Comment on A 10 minute tutorial for solving Math problems with Maxima by Mike

2009-06-10T10:39:59Z

Thanks for a most useful introduction to Maxima. The comments following it are overwhelmingly supportive, which encourages me to ‘test the water’ with a good chance of surviving a dense manual.

Comment on Ten Must Read Books about Mathematics by Dr. William Fusfield

2009-06-08T04:53:14Z

My all time favorite, by far, is Rudy Rucker’s classic account of transfinite numbers, i.e. the infinite variety of different kinds of infinite numbers, which truly bowled me over when I first read it, and I already knew quite a bit about many of the topics the book discusses! It is entitled “Infinity and the Mind” and came out first around 1982, if I remember correctly. It is truly the single BEST introduction to transfinite set theory ever written, and I have read a ton of them, so I think I know what I am talking about, at least until you get deep into the model theory stuff. “Everything and More” by the up-and-coming young writer who tragically recently killed himself, “David Wallace Foster” or something similar may be his name, — unfortunately, when I hit 50, all of a sudden all proper names started to get fuzzy on me, a rather disturbing, though hardly uncommon, experience for one who always had a really good memory for names before — is also quite good, but nothing ranks with Rucker’s masterpiece. ALL of Rucker’s many non-fiction books on science, computational theory, fractals and algorithms, and math and pyhysics in general, are excellent and well worth reading. He is a truly rare and gifted scholar, and a fine expositor to all who have some university-level background in such topics as well. [His fiction I haven't read, but it is gaining in popularity, so it must be pretty good as well.] If you already know a good deal about transfinite numbers and set theory, the best introduction to Cantor’s own discoveries, and struggles with, all of these marvelous new infinite sets is called “Cantorian Set Theory and the Limitation of Size,” but it is getting quite rare, and requires a fairly good, roughly graduate mathematics level, grasp of the key concept at the outset. I hope that inspires someone to check out or buy the rucker book. Buy it in hardback. You will refer back to it often and the paperback is not sturdy enough to take multiple readings and notations etc..

Comment on A 10 minute tutorial for solving Math problems with Maxima by Chris

2009-06-07T20:13:44Z

Many thanks for this. I’ve used Maple for a couple of years now, but am glad to see there’s a free option available!