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Day: November 26, 2020

article on mathematics in out-of-school activities

Here is the link. keywords: [creativity] [giftedness] [opportunity] [olympiads]

Mike Jones Life November 26, 2020

article on the point-slope form of a straight line

Here is the link. keywords: [Mathematics] [Analytic Geometry]

Mike Jones Life November 26, 2020

an article on ‘deliberate’ practice in mathematics education

Here is the link. keywords: [pedagogy] [teaching mathematics]

Mike Jones Life November 26, 2020

primitive roots

Here is the link to the Wikipedia article on this topic. keywords: [Mathematics] [Number Theory] [modulo n]

Mike Jones Life November 26, 2020

torpedoes (suggested new terminology)

Definition 1. The 0-contrapositive of a statement of the form ‘every A is a B’ is the statement ‘the number of A’s that are not a B is 0’. Definition 2. A torpedo is a 0-count contrapositive form of the customary statement of a theorem of the form ‘every A is a B’. Examples: 1. … Continue reading torpedoes (suggested new terminology) →

Mike Jones Life November 26, 2020

the central role of shear

Attending to practicalities begins with identifying potential instances of shear. keywords: [safety] [security] [progress] [continuous improvement]

Mike Jones Life November 26, 2020

Strong Law of Small Numbers

Here is the link to the Wikipedia article on this (humorous) topic. keywords: [Mathematics] [satire] [coincidence]

Mike Jones Life November 26, 2020

the representativeness heuristic

Here is the link to the Wikipedia article on this topic. keywords: [logic] [probability] [cognitive bias] [fallacy] [sample]

Mike Jones Life November 26, 2020

CARTOON IDEA

God handing down from the clouds the Declaration of Independence to Thomas Jefferson. keywords: [humor] [history]

Mike Jones Life November 26, 2020

CARTOON IDEA

An ill, disheveled man is saying to someone nearby, “I fee like I’m being written out of the script.” keywords: [acting role] [movie]

Mike Jones Life November 26, 2020

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