#mathematical constructions

The Calculus Experience: A tale of Intuition and Rigor | Book Review

A couple of months ago I was contacted by the author to do a read and review this book and I was very intrigued and excited. I finished “The Calculus Experience: A Tale of Intuition and Rigor (vol 1 Precalculus) by Vaibhav Varun* in one month and it reminded me how much I enjoy reading mathematics books. This book reminded me of our LThMath Book Club and how much I miss it. Overview This book…

A while ago we have asked people on Facebook about one of those calculations questions that involves the order of operations. We are always curious what people think about this type of questions. Check out the post and the comments if you want to find out more: This is a type of question that is controversial just because of how it is written. Mathematics has a lot of notations and ways to…

Before developing any complex mathematical theorems or theory in general, people had to understand and use numbers. You might think that this is an easy concept to understand, but philosophers have been arguing for a while about them. The big question is if the concept of numbers exists outside of our cultures and brain. Are numbers something we, humans, have invented or are they discovered?…

Topic #2: Adding Machines

A lot of things have change about studying mathematics and other domains that involve number calculations when people have started developing adding machines. From understanding adding machines and developing new mechanism, people have constructing the computers we all use nowadays. I have chosen 4 adding machines that made an impact in the development of this technology. Pascal’s calculator…

Introduction to Solving Equations | Algebra | LThMath

Solving equations is an important aspect of understanding algebra and many other topics in mathematics. In this video I am looking at the order of operations and how understanding them helps us understand how to solve equations. This is the first video in a series of videos that will focus on solving equations. We are starting with linear equations and different methods to solve them. The video…

1 – 5 July Through a Mathematician’s Eyes | #1 Weekly Update

We have decided to start a new series of blog posts. This series is going to focus on weekly announcements, historical facts, mathematicians, interesting articles and great book recommendations. Without any more explanations let’s get into the announcements:

Announcements We are working on this new series So excited for this idea First lesson will be posted next week and it covers…

Hello World | Book Review

Last year, I finished “Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms” by Hannah Fry*. This was the book chosen in the LThMath Book Club (on Goodreads and Facebook) for the June and July 2019 reading challenge.

Overview

This book review is split into different parts for your convenience.

General description

Chapters

Quotes

The author

Goodreads review

YouTube video

1. General Description

When…

A History of Mathematics | August

We have decided to share more interesting facts from the history of mathematics. We are starting with some interesting events that happened in August. Hope you will like these posts!

10 August 1548

Everything started with Tartaglia giving Cardan the method to solve the cubic. Cardan didn’t want to break his promise for a very long time. Everything was fine until another mathematical colleague,…