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Why .9999… (Repetend) Is Not Equal to 1
I recently bumped into a graduate student in the economics department at the University of Pittsburgh, Shawn McCoy, and he brought to my attention that there are some folks who wish to claim that...
View ArticleMathematics Education: What in the World Is the Point?
There seems to be some question, in the minds of some (many?), about the value of teaching mathematics in middle and high school, and even whether we should, as a society, continue to institute such...
View ArticleBetween Feynman in Babylon and Metaphysics: What the Mathematical Process and...
Since I have spent the summer studying mathematics at Harvard University with Jameel Al-Aidroos (Ph.D Berkeley), expect that my next few posts, or at least some of them, will be on topics related to...
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