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Dimensions and different coordinate sytems

The number of figures necessary for specifying the position of a point is called the dimension of the space. For a two dimensional space it is sufficient to use two numbers (x, y) : one specifying the position on a … Fortsätt läsa

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Chinas first aircraft-carrrier

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Pascal’s triangle

Numerology is an old phenomenon in many cultures. It is represented both in art an buildings. Buildings are constructed according tothe Golden Section and magical quadrats can be found in eg Albrect Durer’s painting ”Melancholy”. A substantial amount of mathematics is hidden in … Fortsätt läsa

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Exercises on the masterclass

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Zeno’s paradoxes

Zeno of Elea It is impossible to arrive at any destination since at first you have to travel half the distance and then half the remaining distance and so on. This means you have to travel an infinite number of … Fortsätt läsa

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Masterclass in mathematics

Last week I supervised a masterclass in mathematics for 18 -years olds at Spyken Gymnasium in Lund. The subject was plane euclidean geometry. Above is a picture of the participants.  Which includes memebers of the Swedish IMO team Rdio interview: … Fortsätt läsa

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Chord-tangent theorem

The measure of the angle formed in the intersection between the chord of a circle and the tangent to the circle is the same as the angle at the periphery of the circle. Click here to se the proof

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Kurrebo, Urshult, An Eden in Sweden

Kurrebo, Urshult, An Eden in Sweden

The public garden and apple orchard in Urshult Sweden.
The northernmost applefarm in the world.With a fantastic roarium.

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Normalized coordinates

If A, b, c are three non-linear points, any vector P inside the triangle ABC may be expressed in terms of vectors A, B C thus: P =xA + yB + zC   with x + y + z = 0 and … Fortsätt läsa

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Collinearity

Theorem: If A, B and C are collinear points, then the real numbers x, y, z not all zero can be found such that x + y + z = 0 xA + yB + zC = 0. and also … Fortsätt läsa

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