http://divisbyzero.com/2009/05/04/the-maypole-braid-group/ A blog about math, puzzles, teaching, and academic technology Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:59:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://divisbyzero.com/2009/05/04/the-maypole-braid-group/#comment-826 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:45:41 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=1445#comment-826 hello! im a musician and i was very intrigued and inspired to find your explanation of maypole using mathematics. eversince ive been introduced to hopfstadter, its been a real pleasure to delve into the life phenomenon (as a simple musician) and though im kinda rubbish in math, i thought you may enjoy a very small thoughts of mine that sprang from your post. best, c

]]> http://divisbyzero.com/2009/05/04/the-maypole-braid-group/#comment-374 Thu, 28 May 2009 12:42:24 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=1445#comment-374 As a high school math teacher AND a homeschool parent, I am constantly reminding children that “Math is everywhere, man.” (ht: Johnny Cash). I chuckled when I read “I couldn’t help but look at the maypole with a mathematical eye.”

]]> http://divisbyzero.com/2009/05/04/the-maypole-braid-group/#comment-354 Fri, 08 May 2009 06:19:31 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=1445#comment-354 [...] Richeson celebrates May Day by devising and investigating the maypole braid group. (Nice pictures on this one [...]

]]> http://divisbyzero.com/2009/05/04/the-maypole-braid-group/#comment-350 Wed, 06 May 2009 13:21:24 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=1445#comment-350 [...] braid group (solutions) Yesterday I wrote about the maypole braid group and left two questions for homework. Here are the [...]

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