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Geometría Maya en la Sala de Clases

Cómo los mayas clásicos probablemente usaban cuerdas anudadas para formar formas geométricas deseadas en el arte y la arquitectura.

Pitfalls and Potential Solutions to Your Primary Source Problems

Suggestions for dealing with difficulties that can arise when an instructor brings primary sources into the mathematics classroom.

Primary Source Projects and Reading Apprenticeship in Mathematics History

A classroom testimonial on the effect of combining primary source-based materials designed to teach mathematics with a framework designed to engage students as readers.

 

 

The Theorem that Won the War

A set of classroom activities that explore the role abstract algebra played in breaking the cryptographic system of the Enigma machine.

A Selection of Problems from A.A. Markov’s Calculus of Probabilities

Translation of excerpts from Markov's Calculus of Probabilities (1900), with suggestions for classroom use.

Ciclos de Tiempo Maya

Historia de calendarios Maya, incluyendo el uso del sistema numérico modificado de base 20. 

Numbers, Infinity, and Reality: An Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Philosophy of Mathematics Course

An undergraduate course that brings together advanced topics in the philosophy, history, and sociology of mathematics.

Historical Notes for the Calculus Classroom

Introduction to a series of short articles on the history of calculus, written for instructors.

A Mysterious Copy of Lacroix’s Traité Élémentaire de Calcul Différentiel et de Calcul Intégral: A Mathematical Treasure

Mystery surrounding an 1828 copy of Lacroix's textbook, signed by De Morgan—and intended for Sylvester??

Aiding the Teaching of Geometry and Affording Mathematical Recreation: Paper Folding in the Spirit of Sundara Rao of Madras

A history of paper folding in mathematics education, emphasizing the role of Sundara Rao’s 1893 Geometrical Exercises in Paper Folding.

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