Math Book: The Magic of Pineapples

William Emeny, a friend of mine who blogs at Great Maths Teaching Ideas has written another great math book titled the  The Magic of Pineapples: A Brain Tingling Adventure Through Amazing  Mathematics. The book highlights mathematical beauty through patterns, nature, and numbers. Mathematics students,  teachers, and enthusiasts who want to know more about the wonders of mathematics should definitely read this book.

Math Book: Magic of Pineapples

Among the topics discussed in The Magic of Pineapples are The Golden Ratio, exponential growth and decay, prime numbers, and Pascal’s triangle.

The following is the description of the book by the author. » Read more

Math Carnival 25 Submission Deadline

The Mathematics and Multimedia Blog Carnival is now accepting entries for its 25th edition which will be hosted by White Group Maths.  You may submit your entries at the M & M Carnival submission form on or before April 30, 2013. The carnival will be posted on May 3, 2013.

Carnival

You may also want to browse the following carnival links

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How to Create Regular Star Polygons

Star Polygons

Star polygons are non-convex polygons that look like a star. They are created by connecting non-adjacent vertex of a polygon and continuing the process until the first vertex is reached again.

star polygons

Star polygons created from regular polygons are called regular star polygons. Four regular star polygons are shown above. » Read more

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