Tag Archives: James Tanton

How to divide a brownie with a missing rectangular piece into two equal parts with one cut ?

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Fibonacci and arctan function

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Stern Brocot Tree

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Spiral of Theodorus

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Exploring arctan identities triangle

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Mathematics Galore by James Tanton

James Tanton has two amazing courses on The Great Courses. The mathematics he deals there is elementary high school one. In this book also the audience is high school student who might also know calculus. Arc Tangent triangle Why arctan(1)+arctan(2)+arctan(3) … Continue reading

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Why 7 Frieze Patterns ?

Frieze pattern are widely used in architecture and art. These are two dimensional repetitive patterns in one direction. As they all have translational symmetry. A little bit of combinatorial argument along with composition of symmetries can easily reveal why we … Continue reading

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