Also, some pages are organized into series while others, especially the older ones, are accessible individually.
Throughout the discussions at this site I refer to various titles I love and find useful enough to have them in my own library. These are collected in a table
with links to the pages where they were referred to. I have established an association with amazon.com.
I bought there a few books myself, and found both the service and execution excellent. Now, on the Bookstore page, the author column has
links to both amazon.com where, if you so wish, you'll be able to purchase the book, and to pages where the book has been referred to.
First off, you may want to look at the page that explains
to the curious the origin and nature of my logo.
It's a pentagonal knot that used to tile the background of this and subsequent pages.
Many visitors have complained that the background interfered with the text making reading
difficult. Until a visit to a friend of mine I didn't know what they were talking about;
for I never had this trouble on my computers. So I removed the Logo. But a Lemma and a Theorem
and a very real proof that exploits well known properties of parallel lines are still available.
There is also a page where I offer a beautiful geometric problem. I've known the
Four Travelers problem for a while and challenged quite a few
people to solve it. Not one was able to solve it without help. Making it available on Internet
changed the situation. Ken Ross from the Columbia University submitted
a novel solution and has courteously helped me with its details.
One page currently presents 86 different proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem
which was a great fun putting together.
Another page looks into different ways a specific statement may be related to a more general one.
Other pages have educational content. Some need a browser that understands JavaScript while others include Java applets:
- Magic Squares game [JavaScript, Frames]
- The game of Nim [JavaScript, Frames]
- Cryptarithms [JavaScript, Frames]
- Base Converter [JavaScript]
- 3 glass puzzle [JavaScript]
- Math Quotations, a Web poll [JavaScript]
- We and Education, a Web poll [JavaScript]
- Probabilistic problems and simulations [JavaScript, Java]
- Interactive Mathematics Activities, a collection of JavaScript and Java pages with minimum up-front explanations
- Funny Arithmetic [JavaScript]
- Eye Opener Series [Java]
- Analog Gadgets Series [Java]
- Inventor's Paradox
- Did you know that...
- The Many Ways to Construct a Triangle
- The CTK Exchange [JavaScript]
- Fast Reckoning
- Mathematics as a language
- Proofs in Mathematics
- Manifesto
- A monthly column for MAA Online
- Sangaku: Reflections on the Phenomenon
To me Internet is one of life's wonders. I am convinced that this
new media will have an enormous impact on the society as a whole and on
individual lives. It definitely became quite an important part of mine.
No, I do not spend hours at a time surfing the Web. Well, except, perhaps,
sometimes ;-) But my appreciation of the Web, of ease with which it connects
people with people and people with sources of information, grows every
time I go on-line. I discovered sites I visit often
and regularly. Be my guest and enjoy various ways in which news are presented
nowadays.
