Dec 29 |
Vector proof of Monge's Theorem of three circles |
Dec 28 |
Concyclicity in Rectangle |
Dec 25 |
In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman |
Dec 24 |
Sample Probability Problems from AMC |
Dec 24 |
Property of Semicircles |
Dec 22 |
The Contest Problem Book I-IV |
Dec 21 |
Star of David Theorems in Pascal Triangle |
Dec 20 |
Two Cevians and Proportions in a Triangle |
Dec 16 |
Mathematics and Physics in the car market |
Dec 16 |
Fermat's Like Equation |
Dec 16 |
Viviani by Vectors |
Dec 15 |
Review of How To Fold It by J. O'Rourke |
Dec 13 |
Pantograph |
Dec 13 |
What Is Linkage? |
Dec 8 |
Probabilistic Method |
Dec 7 |
A problem for the innocent minds |
Dec 4 |
What Is Random? |
Dec 3 |
Gauss' theorem on constructibility of regular polygons |
Dec 2 |
Review of Leonardo's Mirror and The Monty Hall Probalem by Ivan Moscovich |
Dec 1 |
Review of An Invitation to Mathematics by Dierk Schleicher and Malte Lackmann |
Nov 28 |
Serendipitous Proofs Of The Pythagorean Theorem |
Nov 27 |
Solve the equation cos^n(x) - sin^n(x) = 1 |
Nov 27 |
cos(pi/7)-cos(2pi/7)+cos(3pi/7) = 1/2 |
Nov 22 |
Collinearity via Concyclicity |
Nov 20 |
Collinearity with the Orthocenter |
Nov 17 |
Orbital Resonance and the Existence of Irrational Numbers |
Nov 15 |
A Newly Born Pair of Siblings to Archimedes' Twins |
Nov 11 |
On the Perimeters of Embedded Polygons |
Nov 11 |
The Extreme Principle |
Nov 9 |
A Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem with Orthocenter and Right Isosceles Triangles |
Nov 9 |
Enchanted by Fascinating Mathematical People |
Nov 7 |
Thought provokers to start a class with, II |
Nov 7 |
Golden Section in Two Equilateral Triangles, II |
Nov 6 |
Golden Section in Two Equilateral Triangles |
Nov 5 |
A Characteristic Property Of Right Triangles |
Nov 2 |
Solve cos2x + cos22x + cos23x = 1 |
Oct 31 |
Finicky Diophantine Equations |
Oct 31 |
Given the Probability, Find the Sample Space |
Oct 31 |
Review of Magical Mathematics |
Oct 28 |
Constructive Existence of the de Bruijn Cycles |
Oct 27 |
Existence of the de Bruijn Cycles via Graphs |
Oct 27 |
Euler Cycles in Digraph |
Oct 26 |
Infinitude of Primes Via Lower Bounds |
Oct 22 |
Order and Chaos in Multiple Pendulums |
Oct 22 |
The Parabolic Sieve of Prime Numbers |
Oct 22 |
Tiling a Rectangle with L-tetrominoes |
Oct 22 |
Tiling a Square with T-, L-, and a Square Tetrominoes |
Oct 21 |
Tiling a Square with Tetrominoes Fault-Free |
Oct 20 |
1961 IMO, Problem 4. An exercise in barycentric coordinates |
Oct 18 |
1961 IMO. Problem 1. A system of three equations with two parameters |
Oct 18 |
Curvy Dissection |
Oct 16 |
Dissection of a Vase |
Oct 13 |
A Decomposition of Isosceles Triangles into 4 Isosecles Triangles |
Oct 13 |
1960 IMO, Problem 5: Loci of points in a cube |
Oct 11 |
1959 IMO, Problem 3 |
Oct 9 |
Flipping Items Simultaneously III |
Oct 7 |
Geometric Application of Ramsey's Theory |
Oct 7 |
Viete's Formulas |
Oct 7 |
Ramsey Number R(5, 3) |
Oct 6 |
Derivative in Heron's Formula |
Oct 5 |
A Proof by Game for a Sum of a Convergent Series |
Oct 4 |
Tiling a Chessboard with Dominoes |
Oct 3 |
Round Carpets |
Oct 3 |
Review of The IMO Compendium |
Oct 3 |
Angle Trisection |
Oct 2 |
Ramsey Number R(4, 4) |
Oct 2 |
Ramsey Number R(4, 3) |
Oct 1 |
Ramsey Number R(3, 3, 3) |
Sep 29 |
Sylvester's Problem |
Sep 27 |
1962 IMO, Problem 2: an inequality with a twist |
Sep 26 |
1=2 via Continued Fractions |
Sep 26 |
Another proof of the Pythagorean theorem |
Sep 23 |
Viviani in Isosceles Triangle |
Sep 20 |
Majority Judgement: Measuring, Ranking and Electing by Michel Balinski and Rida Laraki |
Sep 19 |
Review of Number-Crunching by Paul H. Nahin |
Sep 19 |
The leapfrog problem - who is right? |
Sep 16 |
Rectilinear Paradox |
Sep 13 |
Finite Sums of Terms 2^(n-i) i^2 |
Sep 12 |
Countability of Rational Numbers via Conitnued Fractions |
Sep 12 |
Ptolemy via Cross-Ratio |
Sep 11 |
Countability Principle |
Sep 11 |
Negative on the left, positive on the right: how come? |
Sep 11 |
Physics Minus Mathematics: The Week of Creation |
Sep 9 |
Pythagorean Guess |
Sep 8 |
Asymmetric Propeller |
Sep 8 |
All Integers Are Even |
Sep 8 |
All Powers of 2 Are Equal to 1 |
Aug 15 |
One Sheet Hyperboloid |
Aug 12 |
Pairs of Areas in Equilateral Triangle |
Aug 11 |
Review of The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution by Keith Devlin |
Aug 11 |
Pompeiu's Theorem |
Aug 10 |
Proof #20 of the Butterfly Theorem |
Aug 10 |
Identities with Triangular Numbers |
Aug 10 |
Involution on the Projective Line |
Aug 9 |
Quadrilateral with 3 Equal Sides |
Aug 8 |
Biblical pi and Gematria |
Aug 7 |
Fixed Point in Isosceles and Equilateral Triangles |
Aug 7 |
Proportions in Square |
Aug 7 |
Review of Viewpoints: Mathematical Perspective and Fractal Geometry in Art by Marc Frantz and Annalisa Crannell |
Aug 5 |
Regular Polygons in a Triangular Grid |
July 31 |
Disapperances a la Sam Loyd |
July 29 |
Fibonacci Numbers in Equilateral Triangle |
July 26 |
Fleas on a Chessboard |
July 23 |
Wisdom of Kozma Prutkov |
July 23 |
Solving an Equation with Inverse Functions |
July 21 |
What Is Finite? |
July 17 |
Cross Points in a Polygon |
July 17 |
White and Black Balls in Urn. 1 in, 2 out. What Color Remains? |
July 15 |
Inverse to a Curious Partition Problem, Correct Solution |
July 15 |
The 80-80-20 Triangle. Inverse to a Curious Partition Problem (Solution with a flaw) |
July 11 |
Three Colors on a Chessboard |
July 11 |
Rooks on a Chessboard |
July 8 |
Coloring a Cube with Subdivided Faces |
July 7 |
Angle Bisectors in a Quadrilateral - Cyclic and Otherwise |
July 2 |
Harmonic Mean in Geometry |
June 25 |
Angle Bisector Theorem |
June 25 |
Filling an Array with 0s and 1s - and Counting |
June 24 |
Shuttle Puzzle Practice II |
June 23 |
David Richeson's Extention of an Old Japanese Theorem |
June 19 |
Three Points Casey's Theorem |
June 18 |
Sum of two Cantor sets |
June 18 |
Casey's Theorem |
June 12 |
Moving Chips in Pairs Down a Checkerboard |
June 12 |
An Olympiad Problem for a Kindergarten Investigation |
June 10 |
Parallel Lines in a Cyclic Quadrilateral |
June 9 |
Butterfly theorem, a Projective Proof |
June 9 |
A Property of the fusc() Function |
June 7 |
Brahmagupta-Mahavira Identities |
June 5 |
Construction of a Cyclic Quadrilateral |
June 5 |
Circle Centers on Radical Axes |
June 5 |
Three Concurrent Circles and Simultaneous Diameters |
June 4 |
PWW: How Geometry Helps Algebra |
June 4 |
Simultaneous Diameters in Concurrent Circles |
June 3 |
Jack D'Aurizio Proof of Sawayama's Lemma |
June 2 |
Area of a Bicentric Quadrilateral |
June 1 |
An Area Inequality |
June 1 |
Brahmagupta's Formula and Theorem |
May 31 |
Simson Line in Disguise |
May 30 |
Terquem's Theorem |
May 27 |
Tromino Puzzle: Deficient Squares |
May 25 |
Vandermonde Determinant |
May 24 |
Divisibility Of Prod-Dif And The Vandermonde Determinant |
May 23 |
Countability of Rational Numbers: PWW |
May 23 |
Covering a Chessboard with a Hole with L-Trominoes |
May 21 |
In Calculus too 1 = 0 |
May 21 |
Cyclic Quadrilateral, Concurrent Circles and Collinear Points |
May 20 |
Equal Areas in Regular 2n-gons |
May 19 |
Problems with Many Solutions |
May 19 |
Inclusion-Exclusion Principle: an Example |
May 17 |
Sums of Geometric Series - Proofs Without Words |
May 16 |
Solution #11 to a Classical Problem in the 80-80-20 Triangle |
May 15 |
Two Circles and a Limit - Trigonometric Solution |
May 15 |
The 80-80-20 Triangle Problem, A Derivative, Solution #7 |
May 15 |
Number of Factors of an Integer |
May 14 |
Two Circles and a Limit - Analytic Proof |
May 12 |
An Age Conundrum with Men of the Cloth |
May 10 |
Two Problems from a Serbian 7 Grade Math Competition |
May 10 |
Golden Ratio is Irrational |
May 8 |
Cantor's First Uncountability Proof |
May 7 |
Every Parallelogram Is a Rectangle |
May 5 |
Mascheroni Construction of a Regular Pentagon |
May 4 |
Let Them Count by My Boys |
May 4 |
Math Behind Counting |
May 1 |
A Proof Perigal and All Others After Him Missed |
April 30 |
Is a Point a Part of a Line? |
April 29 |
Areas on the Graphs of Power Functions |
April 29 |
Rational Solutions to xy = yx |
April 28 |
An Elementary Proof of Bottema's Theorem |
April 22 |
Four Numbers, Six Differences, GCD of the Products |
April 20 |
Dissection of a Square Pyramid |
April 20 |
Octahedron In Tetrahedron |
April 18 |
50th IMO - 50 Years of International Mathematical Olympiad |
April 16 |
A Multiplicative Identity of Areas in a Triangle |
April 15 |
Invariance in Orthodiagonal Quadrilaterals |
April 14 |
Curious Identities Involving Integer Products |
April 11 |
A Review of Rediscovering Mathematics by Shai Simonson |
April 10 |
Adding a Long List of Numbers |
April 6 |
William Wallace's Proof of the Butterfly Theorem |
April 5 |
Golden Ratio and Midpoints |
April 5 |
From Equilateral Triangle and Square to Golden Ratio |
April 4 |
Sicherman Dice |
April 2 |
Probability Generating Functions |
April 2 |
Hexagons in a Square |
April 1 |
A Review of The Cambridge Dictionary of Statistics |
March 30 |
The Futurama Theorem and Puzzle |
March 28 |
Bear Born on a Tuesday |
March 21 |
Geometry, Algebra, and Illustrations |
March 18 |
Five Digits Magic Prediction |
March 18 |
Four Digits Magic Prediction |
March 17 |
Inequality of a Series of Square Roots |
March 16 |
1089 and a Property of 3-digit Numbers |
March 14 |
Serendipitous Beauty |
March 12 |
Schwarz Lantern |
March 10 |
The Mean Property of the Mean |
March 5 |
Circle Chains on Napoleon Triangles |
March 2 |
The Law of Cosines (Independent of the Pythagorean Theorem) |
Feb 28 |
Plane Filling Curves: One of Sierpinski's Curves |
Feb 26 |
Following the Hilbert Curve |
Feb 26 |
Six Misnamed Coins, Two Weighings |
Feb 26 |
Plane Filling Curves: the Lebesgue Curve |
Feb 24 |
What Is Area? |
Feb 17 |
Mikhalev's Octahedrons |
Feb 17 |
Psychology of 0.99999... |
Feb 16 |
Area of a Circle by Leonardo da Vinci |
Feb 13 |
Difference of two Cantor sets, II |
Feb 11 |
Grandfather's Bill |
Feb 10 |
A review of two combinatorics books |
Feb 8 |
Intersections of a Circle with the Four Quadrants |
Feb 6 |
Algebraic proof of the theorem of butterflies in quadrilaterals |
Feb 4 |
Squares and Straight Tetrominoes |
Feb 4 |
Areas In Circle |
Feb 4 |
Determinant and Divisibility |
Feb 3 |
What Is Determinant? |
Feb 1 |
4 addtional proofs of the incidence of the altitudes |
Feb 1 |
Midpoints and Orthogonality in Isosceles Triangles |
Jan 31 |
Square, Similarity and Slopes |
Jan 30 |
Bayesian Odds |
Jan 25 |
Area of a Circle by Rabbi Abraham bar Hiyya Hanasi |
Jan 24 |
Torque as a Mathematical Object |
Jan 23 |
Pythagorean Theorem via an Isosceles Triangle |
Jan 21 |
Dancing Rectangles Model Auxetic Behavior |
Jan 19 |
Hinged Greek Cross Tessellation |
Jan 18 |
Circles in a Regular Polygon |
Jan 16 |
Subsets and Intersections |
Jan 15 |
A Low Bound for 1/2 * 3/4 * 5/6 * ... * (2n-1)/2n |
Jan 14 |
Pythagorean Theorem from the Shoelace Formula |
Jan 13 |
Regular Pentagon Inscribed in Circle by Paper Folding |
Jan 11 |
Odd Scoring |
Jan 8 |
Right Triangles on Sides of a Square |
Jan 7 |
Golden Window |
Jan 5 |
Equal Incircles Theorem, Angela Drei's Proof |
Jan 4 |
Circles Cover a Quadrilateral |