Many math symbols are really pictures, such as 0 for emptiness or ∞ for endlessness. In the title Purple Comet! Math Meet the exclamation mark in the middle is the picture of a comet, of course. But what is a math meet?
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Inspired by calculus: Friday math circle, Week 3
All the photos from this club | Parent notes This week we had a high-energy meeting with longer flows. When I run math circles, I prepare about five times more activities than I think I’ll need. Sometimes an activity does not work, and we switch. Other times there is good flow, but it only lasts a […]
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Inspired by Calculus: Friday math circle, week 2
These are notes about young calculus adventures at a family Math Circle, a part of the Inspired by Calculus series. This week, we worked more on iterations and growth functions, and started to look at symbols. Thank you for the notes, Sue and Andrea! Thank you for taking pictures for our gallery, Linda and everybody […]
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Fluency or Complexity
I am very proud of my 6-year old and the math discoveries he makes. Two days ago he came up with a proof that zero is an even number. Yesterday he built something he called “a square that has volume” (a cube), then connected 4 of them into a larger cube. And today, well before […]
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