There are other ways to compare rational numbers, especially if one happens to enjoy number theory... A Different Sense of Distance Maria Fox Oklahoma State University Dedicated to my Dad, Dr. Barry R. Fox. The idea of distance is central to so much of the mathematics we do and teachRead More →
What is a prime, and who decides? Some people view mathematics as a purely platonic realm of ideas independent of the humans who dream about those ideas. If that’s true, why can’t we agree on the definition of something as universal as a prime number? Courtney R. Gibbons Hamilton CollegeRead More →
Decomposition Mathematics too has profited from the idea that sometimes things of interest might have a structure which allowed them to be decomposed into simpler parts... Joe Malkevitch York College (CUNY) Introduction One way to get insights into something one is trying to understand better is to break the thingRead More →