Archive for September 22nd, 2008
What is the difference between a theorem, a lemma, and a corollary?
Posted by: Dave Richeson on September 22, 2008
Division by Zero
A blog about math, puzzles, teaching, and academic technology
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Euler's Gem: The polyhedron formula and the birth of topology
Princeton University Press
2008
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Princeton University Press
2008
Euler's Gem Facebook page
Buy it:
Princeton University Press
Amazon
- I'm not a poker player—I play once every 8-12 months. But I think losing with five 2's and four kings in one night is pretty unlucky.
- . @mathematicsprof Even better than becoming an adjective is to become lower case, e.g., abelian.
- RT @mathematicsprof: Ultimate honor to create something resulting in -ian suffix attached to your name, ie Lagrangian, Laplacian, Hamilt ...
- I hate assigning grades. One of my least favorite parts of this job. The grade I want to give is not necessarily the grade I have to give.
- Given a sack of sugar, an unbalanced scale, and two 5-lb weights, measure 10 lbs of sugar (by 10 y.o. Nob Yoshigahara) http://t.co/WP1zdEFY
- RT @michaelpollan: A mathematician's take on the obesity epidemic: it's the food, stupid-- or rather, how much of it we produce. http:/ ...
- Good question @MrHonner. Did "jump the shark" jump the shark? And if so, when?
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