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Mathematical Quotation Server - http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mqs/mquot.shtml
A collection of mathematical quotations culled from many sources. You may conduct a keyword search through the quotation database. |
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Mudd Math Fun Facts - http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/
An archive of interesting math facts for use in the classroom or just for fun. Browse by subject, difficulty, keywords, or try the "random" feature. Based at Harvey Mudd College. |
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SimonSingh.net - http://www.simonsingh.net/
Home of Simon Singh: author, journalist and TV producer, specialising in science and mathematics. Cryptography is one of his specialties, and his site has a lot of educational and fun content about codes and codebreaking. |
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Math in the Movies - http://world.std.com/~reinhold/mathmovies.html
A guide to major motion pictures with scenes of real mathematics. |
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Mathematical Fiction - http://math.cofc.edu/faculty/kasman/MATHFICT/
A list of mathematical fictional movies, books, stories, plays and shows. Split into categories including children's books. Can be sorted by mathematical content and literary quality. |
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Famous Curves Index - http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Curves/Curves.html
Curves you've heard of and curves you haven't, from Astroid to the Witch of Agnesi. |
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Mathematics Museum (Japan) - http://mathmuse.sci.ibaraki.ac.jp/indexE.html
At Mathematics Museum (Japan) you would be surprised how interesting mathematics is. You will find exhibition rooms produced by Japanese researchers and educators. |
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Recreational Mathematics (David Eppstein) - http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/recmath.html
An extensive list of web resources for recreational math. |
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CuriousMath - http://www.curiousmath.com/
Include news, math tricks, methods, facts, trivia, mostly posted by users. |
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http://www.inwap.com/pdp10/hbaker/hakmem/hakmem.html - http://www.inwap.com/pdp10/hbaker/hakmem/hakmem.html
A collection of problems from MIT. Work reported herein was conducted at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology research program. |
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Sir Roger Penrose - http://www.worldofescher.com/misc/penrose.html
An article about him and his interests and contributions to recreational mathematics. |
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MAA Library List in Recreational Mathematics - http://www.maa.org/BLL/recmath.htm
Book list split into categories. Includes title, author, publisher and date information about each book. |
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Mathematrix - http://home.adelphi.edu/~stemkoski/mathematrix/
Have fun with geometric shapes, fractals, math games, art, humor, quotes, and important constants. |
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The Eugène Strens Recreational Mathematics Collection - http://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/SpecColl/strens.htm
A special collection at the University of Calgary, including the archives of Martin Gardner. There is a searchable online index. |
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Mathematical Problems - Problem Solving - http://mathres.kevius.com/problem.html
Mathematics Hots (Problems) by Bruno Kevius |
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MAT 007 I News - http://www.math.toronto.edu/007/
A newsletter edited by undergraduates of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Toronto. Includes some online copies. |
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Roman Numerals - http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html
Includes a introduction to Roman numerals including a translation of the digits used and a converter which can convert decimal to Roman numerals and vice versa. |
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http://www.archim.org.uk/eureka/ - http://www.archim.org.uk/eureka/
The annual journal of the Archimedeans, the mathematical society of the University of Cambridge. It regularly contains articles on recreational mathematics. |
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Maze Classification and Algorithms - http://www.astrolog.org/labyrnth/algrithm.htm
A short description of mazes and how to create them. Definition of different mazetypes and their algorithms. |
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Mathematische Basteleien - http://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/
Topics include Flexagon, Soma Cube, Pentominos, Cube-it, Rubik's Cube, Froebel's Star, Tangram, House of Santa Claus, Chronogram, Numeric Palindromes, Latticework of Letters. English/German. |
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Number Recreations by Shyam Sunder Gupta - http://www.shyamsundergupta.com/
Features interesting facts about different numbers. Includes favorite related links. |
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The Aesthetics of Symmetry - http://home.earthlink.net/~jdc24/symmetry.htm
A brief digression into how people perceive symmetrical patterns -- what makes them boring, interesting, or overly intricate |
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Eric's Scientific Book List: Recreational Mathematics - http://www.ericweisstein.com/encyclopedias/books/RecreationalMathematics.html
Book list from Eric Weisstein including titles, authors, publishers, prices, page count and some have links to Amazon.com. |
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Mathematik - http://www.mathematik.com/
Individual pages on different topics in Mathematics. Examples : group theory, dynamical systems theory, geometry or number theory. |
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Recreational Mathematics - http://camel.math.ca/Recreation/recreation.html
Links collected at CAMEL, the Canadian Mathematical Society website. |
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One Metaphor Fits All - http://www.btinternet.com/~se16/mhi/
Explains Conway's audioactive decay that is generated by a particular kind of sequence. Includes illustrations and related resources. |
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Stunning Friends with Math Magic - http://www.cut-the-knot.org/arithmetic/rapid/magic.shtml
A collection of card tricks, number guessing games, paper and glue magic, and other math exercises. |
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Skytopia - Super Magnet - http://www.skytopia.com/project/magnet/magnet.html
A colourful world built entirely using mathematical atoms and molecules. Pictures and animations demonstrate structures colliding and interacting. Animated GIF demonstrations. |
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A Mathematician's Aesthetics - http://finitegeometry.org/sc/ph/aesthetics.html
In his classic A Mathematician's Apology, G. H. Hardy likened mathematics to poetry and painting. This site elaborates on Hardy's remark with quotations from Stevens, Klee, Fry, and Focillon. Links to related sites are given. |
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Fast Arithmetic Tips - http://www.cut-the-knot.org/arithmetic/rapid/
Three categories: defensive - know to check an answer, offensive - fast mental calculations, and math magic. |
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Wade Edward Philpott - http://www.gamepuzzles.com/wade.htm
Profile and description of his mathematical games and puzzles. |
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A Disproof of Pythagoras' Theorem? - http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/System/8956/problems/pyth.htm
A method of disproving the Theorem of Pythagoras is presented. The author is adamant that this is intended only as a puzzle to find the mistake in the arguments, and not as a serious proposal. |
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http://www3.sympatico.ca/diharper/ - http://www3.sympatico.ca/diharper/
Includes pages on magic squares and polyomino patterns and contains related java applets. |
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Narcissistic Numbers - http://www.geocities.com/~harveyh/narciss.htm
Those that are representable, in some way, by mathematically manipulating the digits of the numbers themselves. |
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Jlpe's Number Recreations Page - http://www.geocities.com/windmill96/numrecreations.html
Features original number recreations by the author, such as generalized perfect numbers, digital diversions, diophantine equations, didactic numbers, and number theory. |