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# Posts

### April 19, 2015

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spacepetals: Mobius transformation as rigid motion of the Riemann sphere. Animation made in Mathematica. code can be found here Check out Möbius Transformations Revealed by Douglas Arnold and Jonathan Rogness. This video was one of the winners of the 2007 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. So awesome. :D
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Can you earn a living just from blogging?

### April 18, 2015

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Font by Etienne Vles   http://im-possible.info/english/art/misc/fonts/etienne-vles.html   Author - http://www.etiennevles.com/
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Photo by Michael Phillips (Mikeyp2000)   http://im-possible.info/english/art/sculpture/michael-phillips.html   Author - https://www.flickr.com/people/mikeyphillips/
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A nice page hidden in the depths of Wikipedia. Could be a good starting point for a mathematical art project.
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geometrymatters: The intricate work of Rafael Araujo© Rafael Araujo

### April 17, 2015

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via TEDEd
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I wrote a selection of PPoint slides for a range of topics last year. The slides each contain questions and often video links to news topics. They’re intended as 5 minute fillers – breaks from a main lesson task. 5 … Continue reading →
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xkcd sectioned the United States by the background in movies. Because xkcd.…Tags: movies, xkcd
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(Click on the comic if you can't see the full image.) (C)Copyright 2015, C. Burke.I've done this. No, it doesn't make it better. I've also had some interesting conversations online with people who absolutely hate, despise, loathe, abhor and generally wish to do all sorts of ill deeds to long division of all sorts. And that's just the teachers! Come back often for more funny math and geeky comics.

### April 16, 2015

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via notational
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These are the Edexcel Revision Papers, but I’ve added onto each of them a QR Code taking a student to a tutorial on how to do that particular type of question. I imagine these would work best as tailored intervention … Continue reading →
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There were a couple of similar quantified self articles last week about email. They're both joke-ish but kind of interesting with a this-is-kind-of-pointless undercurrent. In one, Paul Ford analyzes his…Tags: email
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A fun  (if not depressing!) look at the time it would take to earn a footballer’s wage. Could link to some good discussions about the maths behind it.
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(via Cheryl’s Birthday Problem - It depends on your point of view - YouTube)
Editor's Pick
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The world has gone mad over this Singapore maths problem: here’s a brilliant interactive explanation of the solution.
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The "speed of light" typically means "really fast" but when it's relative to the scale of the universe, maybe not so much. Animator Alphonse Swinehart shows what it might look…Tags: scale, space
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(Click on the comic if you can't see the full image.) (C)Copyright 2015, C. Burke.Quit your groaning! You knew it was coming. I didn't disappoint. Originally, this was going to be a (x, why?) mini, which feature a bunch of talking shapes. And they still may end up there. But I had already established a Sherlock character and didn't need a mini version. By the way, I wasn't planning taking nearly a week off. Sorry. Life happens. Come back often for more funny math and geeky comics.
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sleepnaught: some formation shots buddhabrot 2/2

### April 15, 2015

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via PresentandCorrect
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Dark Side Impossible   by Theduc   http://im-possible.info/english/art/computer/theduc.html   Author - http://www.redbubble.com/people/theduc
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Metis, known for their data science bootcamps in New York City, is holding a Data Science Open House the evening of Wednesday, April 29. Enjoy pizza and drinks as data…
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A small collection of logic puzzles known as ‘parks’. Students must plant a tree in each park so that none are adjacent or on the same row / column. An example solution is below. Parks Puzzles
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Using calculations by Nick Kasprak from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Kyle Pomerleau from Tax Foundation, Amanda Cox shows tax penalties and bonuses for married couples. The…Tags: New York Times, taxes
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It's easy to draw dots. The challenge is to make them meaningful and readable.Tags: R
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In their continued efforts to present statistics as a field that doesn't suck, the American Statistical Association provides this pitch video. I approve of this message.…Tags: ASA, marketing
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A spheroid is an ellipsoid with an axis of rotational symmetry. This image created by Robert Figura shows a sphere inside a mirrored spheroid, reflected almost endlessly.
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scienceisbeauty: Planets in the Fourth Dimension via AzimuthAnimations by Greg Egan I have never, ever heard of the possibility of four-dimensional planetary motion! Is four-dimensional planetary motion a theory, an ongoing problem, an accepted fact, or merely an interesting thought?
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theapproximatepresent: A favourite proof of mine: first demonstrated to me by my professor in number theory. I think its beauty stems from the fact that it requires no knowledge of mathematics above the definition of what it means for a number to be rational, and can be written almost in one line.