Follow up to April’s Circle

Follow up to April’s Circle

by | Apr 14, 2018 | Uncategorized

Thanks again to Dr. Andy Raich for today’s circle! The kids got to play with geometric and harmonic series, along with some challenge problems. If you want to grow your own harmonic series, the calculator we used is available on scratch....
November 4 – Remainder Math

November 4 – Remainder Math

by | Oct 27, 2017 | Uncategorized

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

by | Oct 9, 2017 | Uncategorized

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...

April Meeting – Symmetry part 2 – April 8

by | Apr 5, 2017 | Uncategorized

http://world.mathigon.org/Polygons_and_Polyhedra Last month we looked at the frieze groups, the collection of symmetries of an infinitely long strip. This month we’ll expand on those ideas to look into the wallpaper groups, the collections of symmetries of a...