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<li> When he was 7-years-old, my nephew Thomas told me that he likes the math he'd been doing. When I asked him what he likes about it, he gave as an example the following problem:<br><font color="red">"All girls have green hair; Rachel is a girl. What do you know about Rachel?"</font> | <li> When he was 7-years-old, my nephew Thomas told me that he likes the math he'd been doing. When I asked him what he likes about it, he gave as an example the following problem:<br><font color="red">"All girls have green hair; Rachel is a girl. What do you know about Rachel?"</font> | ||
<p> (By the way, I believe he was insulting his sister Rachel at the time...</p> | <p> (By the way, I believe he was insulting his sister Rachel at the time....)</p> | ||
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Many of you are already familiar with Pascal's triangle. It starts with a 1, and then tumbles | Many of you are already familiar with Pascal's triangle. It starts with a 1, and then tumbles down like green hair falling down one's shoulders: | ||
Revision as of 01:10, 29 December 2020
MAT194: Mathematics Seminar (Spring 2021)
Overview
Each topic will have its own page. Each of you is expected to make some contributions to each project page. The cool thing about a wiki is that many people can collaborate to create the final product. There is also a history, which shows exactly who made each change -- so take care! Big Brother is watching...:)
Topic #1: Pascal's Triangle
I argue that most of us became interested in mathematics because we were identified as good at it. Frequently that was while playing some game, or observing patterns (strategies, etc.).
- When he was 7-years-old, my nephew Thomas told me that he likes the math he'd been doing. When I asked him what he likes about it, he gave as an example the following problem:
"All girls have green hair; Rachel is a girl. What do you know about Rachel?"(By the way, I believe he was insulting his sister Rachel at the time....)
Many of you are already familiar with Pascal's triangle. It starts with a 1, and then tumbles down like green hair falling down one's shoulders: