Month: June 2012

Where is the Nobel Prize in Mathematics?

Miscellaneous, Questions and Quandaries

The Nobel Prize are prestigious awards given each year to individuals (as well as organizations) who have contributed significantly in cultural and scientific advances.

Alfred B. Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, bequeathed 31 million Swedish kronor in 1895 (about 250 million dollars in 2008) to fund the awards for achievements in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology and Medicine, Literature, and Peace. In 1901, the first set of awards were given, and in 1969, the Nobel Foundation established the Nobel Prize for Economics.

But did you ever wonder why there was no Nobel Prize of Mathematics? » Read more

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Deceptive and Misleading Mathematical Patterns

High School Mathematics

In the Mathematical Palette, I have mentioned about mathematics as a science of patterns.   I have highlighted that some mathematical patterns are obvious, some can be solved mathematically, and some are a bit counter-intuitive.

Venus Transit (2004)

In reality, we have improved our way of living by recognizing and generalizing patterns. For example, we are able to predict the weather through the data we have collected all over the years. We look for patterns from the data and use probability to announce that there will be rain showers and thunderstorms for the next three days and feel pretty sure about it. Through patterns, we have even predicted the movement of planets. We know that the next transit of Venus  is  in 2117 (too bad if you didn’t see it on June 5).  That is how beautiful and powerful patterns are. » Read more

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GeoGebra 5.0 Beta Release, now available

GeoGebra

To all GeoGebra fans out there, the GeoGebra 5.0 Beta release is now available. The most prominent feature of GeoGebra 5.0 is its 3d environment.

You can download the webstart version here and the portable version here. If you find any bug, you are welcome to report it in the GeoGebra 5 Beta Forum.

Erratum: The versions above are JOGL2 test version (will be removed soon). The correct link for version 5 is here.

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