Articles Tagged with geometry

A difficult problem

Too hard

The challenge problem was difficult.  The interesting question is: why?

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Common sense

Everyone has it

We consider common sense as a philosophical principle.

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Unnatural mathematics

Horizontal and vertical

Learning math involves unlearning many obvious things.

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Attempting the impossible (II)

Parallel lines

We continue to wonder what good can come of trying to do what can’t be done.

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Prove it!

Geometry is unnatural

Why learning (and teaching) the subject is hard.

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Don’t know much geometry (II)

Stuff I learned in school

More reasons for apparently useless subjects.

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Making a drawing (I)

The importance of the rough sketch

Sometimes, the rougher the better.

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Providing proof

If-then-therefore

Doing proofs in Geometry class is hard.  Teaching how to do them is harder.

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