Month: April 2011

  • Math Circles and Safety

    The Bard Math Circle is growing rapidly this year. Perhaps this started because the wonderful Kingston Library director, Margie Menard, sent out a press release that was picked up by the local media, or that we’ve worked hard to develop a consistent and predictable schedule. But the fact is that the Bard Math Circle has…

  • Jim and Nim

    I presented my talk “Jim and Nim” yesterday at the Bard Math Seminar, and managed to fill the house. My introduction actually extended over two days, as I visited math and CS classes on Wednesday and Thursday and personally invited students to my talk. This was really fun, and I got to meet some of…

  • Hungarian Dancing and Sorting Algorithms

    My brother and later a colleague sent me this link to these videos demonstrating Computer Sorting Algorithms through Hungarian Folk Dance: The Bubble Sort and Shell Sort algorithms are demonstrated. Wow!Credits from the video:  Created at Sapientia University, Tirgu Mures (Marosvásárhely), Romania.Directed by Kátai Zoltán and Tóth László. In cooperation with “Maros Művészegyüttes”, Tirgu Mures (Marosvásárhely),…

  • Fiber Arts and Mathematics

    Wow! This book claims to show 8 ways to knit a Sierpinski’s Triangle! Crafting by Concepts: Fiber Arts and Mathematics by sarah-marie belcastro and Carolyn Yackel (editors). The publisher, A K Peters , has one of the most amazing math catalogs that I know of. Very much worth browsing!