November 4 – Remainder Math

November 4 – Remainder Math

Mathematicians often find very useful structure in simplifications of harder problems. When we calculate using fractions, we can often split our problems into questions about the whole part and the fractional part of the number. Modular arithmetic was born in this...
Knots and Braids – Saturday October 14th

Knots and Braids – Saturday October 14th

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BraidWord.html Mathematicians study all kinds of crazy things and often we end up codifying something humans have already discovered in art and craft. This month, we’ll look at the mathematical underpinnings of knotting and study the...