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Platonic

2013-05-02T06:25:17Z

Be sure to check out our new video: Draw My Life Mathematics (Part 1)

Simple Area Quiz

2013-04-25T05:35:37Z

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The Fresh Prince of Math-Air

2013-03-08T01:26:36Z

This is an extension of Comic #345 - The Life of Zero (from December 2010). It's a story about the number zero:

And a bonus video of the lyrics!

In case the story doesn't make sense as to how 1/0 can be infinity, read up on the Real Projective Line and it'll become clearer.

The Perfect Score

2013-03-04T08:20:50Z

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Keep Calm and Watch Khan

2013-02-26T10:41:57Z

Is there anyone here who has never heard of Khan Academy? If not, check it out! :D

(Keep calm meme)

Telephone Numbers

2013-02-21T20:48:01Z

Relevant link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_number_(mathematics)

Also called the involution numbers, they can be determined by the recurrence:

      a_0 = a_1 = 1;
      a_n = a_{n−1} + (n − 1) a_{n−2}, for n > 1.

More interesting, they also count the number of involutions on a set with n elements -- note that an involutary function, is a function f that is its own inverse, that is,

     f(f(x)) = x for all x in the domain of f.

End of Proof Stickers

2013-02-20T07:18:47Z

The idea for today's comic is inspired by SOTI's latest comic Little Black Box. Hmm, all those little squares are making me see spots.
New video posted on the youtube channel: The Pinocchio Paradox
Also, a very big thanks to Shira for letting me share the two images below of some first order logic blocks she made for a friend for the holidays. There are 18 blocks in total based on a comic I created a year ago: Alphabet Blocks. Super awesome! You can check out her blog (http://buildingfriends.blogspot.ca/) for other projects she's worked on, like Magnetic Tessellating Escher Fish.

False positives

2013-02-19T05:47:28Z

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Science vs Math

2013-02-15T06:29:35Z

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To my Special Geek!

2013-02-13T23:38:04Z

Video today instead of a comic...

Happy Valentine's Day!

Solutions to the Seven Bridges of Konigsberg

2013-02-12T15:52:24Z

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The adventures of martin31415926 - Part 2

2013-02-06T08:59:58Z

Thanks to my buddy martin31415926 for this idea that he posted on his facebook (true story):

Check out part 1 here.

Bullying

2013-02-04T03:55:20Z

With respect to the last comic, thanks to Sean for sharing with us his invitation for his (now) girlfriend when asking her to a dance (in the argument, his nickname is Juice, hence the bit about J=S).

Jack and Beth

2013-01-30T09:45:32Z

Read about some Spiked Math updates after the comic!

Thanks to Jack and Beth for providing the ideas for today's comic. This is based on true events! Check out the version Beth really wrote here (note that Delta-Delta-Delta and FU are University type stuff).

Spiked Math Updates!

Spiked Math is now available on the Swoopy app (Your daily cartoon comics all in one app for Iphone and Ipad).
Spiked Math now has a youtube channel and I've partnered with a buddy named Maiu who will be helping roll out some mathy type of videos for you all! Our latest videos are:
Any feedback is much appreciated and if you have any ideas for mathy videos send them my way to: spikedmath@gmail.com. Quality and mathiness will improve as a function of time.

What it is going to say on Knuth's tombstone

2013-01-21T07:51:31Z

* Disclaimer: This is just a hypothetical situation, Donald Knuth is still with us!

The Hardest Lolgic Puzzle Evar!

2012-12-17T22:25:00Z

If you can solve this puzzle, then who was phone?

Complimentary Angles

2012-12-15T13:48:10Z

This was made for a grade 7 worksheet so thought I'd share it on here too!

Will you sign my yearbook

2012-12-07T08:20:25Z

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LaTeX3 (Guest Comic)

2012-11-07T17:09:32Z

A special thanks to Andreï K. for today's comic! Don Knuth's lecture on iTeX and an actual misprint inspired this humorous xkcd-stylish comic.

See: http://www.latex-project.org/latex3.html

Also, Brandon K. was kind enough to translate some Spiked Math Comics into Korean:
Korean Spiked Math

The Official Language

2012-10-21T04:24:07Z

Also, more mathy games added to my portal site: spiked math games