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Most kids' TV programming is lame and not educational. "Numberblocks," a British import that streams on Netflix, is a beacon of light. It's made my kid want to talk about math nonstop. Like most ...
https://doi.org/10.4169/college.math.j.46.3.172 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.4169/college.math.j.46.3.172 The College Mathematics Journal emphasizes the first two ...
Harry and Tom have each found a 4-digit perfect square, a 3-digit perfect cube and a 3-digit triangular number that use 10 different digits, but with no leading zero. A triangular number is one that ...
Test your knowledge of taxicab geometry, triangular numbers, the golden ratio and more. Credit... Supported by By Steven Strogatz “Math, Revealed,” our four-part series exploring the mathematics ...
How a centuries-old math puzzle helped us see inside the human brain. By Steven Strogatz Photo illustrations by Jens Mortensen Each installment of “Math, Revealed” starts with an object, uncovers the ...