Crossword Puzzle 22 25 Aug 2013 | 02:16 am

The Lonely Runner Conjecture 22 Aug 2013 | 08:29 pm

The eminent mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss once said, “Mathematics is the queen of the sciences.”   Considering this statement to be true, it is easy to see the span of her kingdom.  From the desi...

WCGTC World Conference 18 Aug 2013 | 10:59 pm

In addition to teaching a class at the Summer Camp for Academically Talented Middle School Students this summer, I also helped with planning the 20th Biennial World Conference hosted by the World Coun...

Ramanujan’s Taxicab Number 15 Aug 2013 | 06:52 pm

Mathematical discoveries are not always birthed in the delivery room of revolutionary thinking.  Often times, they are found in small interactions that emerge from casual conversations.  Throughout hi...

Do you think mathematically? 9 Aug 2013 | 12:42 am

I have recently had a chance to talk to some mathematicians and other math students about their research; I would hear them describe to me, in intricate details, the subjects they have worked on for n...

The Problem Of Brocard 8 Aug 2013 | 06:25 pm

The first page of Brocard’s original 1897 Paper. Photo Credit [ Wikimedia Commons] Down through the river of time, rapids of mathematical imagination have emerged curving the path of linear thought. ...

Queer Studies, Special Education, and Mathematics 6 Aug 2013 | 02:53 am

I recently read educator James Sheldon’s paper Erasing Queer Subjects, Constructing Disabled Subjects: Toward a Queering of Mathematics Disabilities, which questions the relative absence of mathematic...

The Collatz Conjecture 1 Aug 2013 | 06:26 pm

Mathematical inquiry can lead down jagged paths hewed deeply in the landscape of abstract thought. The English cleric Charles Caleb Colton once said, “The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins i...

Outreach of Mathematician 1 Aug 2013 | 04:36 am

Outreach for a mathematics department as any activity that enhances the teaching and learning of mathematics outside the department, in particular in K–12 education and community colleges. Undoubtedly...

Please Help: A Survey on the Mathematical Experience 29 Jul 2013 | 05:06 am

Luke Wolcott is a recent PhD graduate and previous member of the editorial board of this blog. He is currently working on a postdoc project and could use our help. Please see Luke’s note below. As a ...