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Math Magic By Computer - http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/index.shtml#magic
Interactive java puzzles and activities in different mathematical topics. |
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Mathematical Diversions - http://members.aol.com/s6sj7gt/mikehome.htm
Mostly original diversions in mathematics and word play. |
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Mathematical Quotation Server - http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mqs/mquot.shtml
Furman University Mathematical Quotation Server - random or searchable math quotes. |
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Famous Curves Index - http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Curves/Curves.html
Curves you've heard of and curves you haven't, from Astroid to the Witch of Agnesi. |
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SimonSingh.net - http://www.simonsingh.net/
Home of Simon Singh: author, journalist and TV producer, specialising in science and mathematics. Cryptography is one of his specialties, and his site has a lot of educational and fun content about codes and codebreaking. |
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Mathematics Museum (Japan) - http://mathmuse.sci.ibaraki.ac.jp/indexE.html
At Mathematics Museum (Japan) you would be surprised how interesting mathematics is. You will find exhibition rooms produced by Japanese researchers and educators. |
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CuriousMath - http://www.curiousmath.com/
Include news, math tricks, methods, facts, trivia, mostly posted by users. |
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HAKMEM - http://www.inwap.com/pdp10/hbaker/hakmem/hakmem.html
A collection of problems from MIT. Work reported herein was conducted at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology research program. |
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Mathematical Spectrum - http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/companies/apt/ms.html
Mathematical Spectrum is a magazine for students and teachers of mathematics in universities, colleges and schools worldwide. It may be read by anybody interested in mathematics as a recreation. |
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Roman Numerals - http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html
Includes a introduction to Roman numerals including a translation of the digits used and a converter which can convert decimal to Roman numerals and vice versa. |
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Sir Roger Penrose - http://www.worldofescher.com/misc/penrose.html
An article about him and his interests and contributions to recreational mathematics. |
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Math Forum: 2001 Mathematics Game - http://mathforum.org/~judyann/2001/
A contest that asks to write all integers from 1 to 100 using only the digits 2,0,0,1 and arithmetic operations. |
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Math Forum: 2002 Mathematics Game - http://mathforum.org/~judyann/2002/
A contest where the contestants have to write all integers from 1 to 100 using only the digits 2,0,0,2 and arithmetic operations. |
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MAT 007 I News - http://www.math.toronto.edu/007/
A newsletter edited by undergraduates of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Toronto. Includes some online copies. |
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Fast Arithmetic Tips - http://www.cut-the-knot.com/arithmetic/rapid/index.shtml
Three categories: defensive - know to check an answer, offensive - fast mental calculations, and math magic. |
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Mathematical Fiction - http://math.cofc.edu/faculty/kasman/MATHFICT/
A list of mathematical fictional movies, books, stories, plays and shows. Split into categories including children's books. Can be sorted by mathematical content and literary quality. |
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Recreational and Educational Computing - http://members.aol.com/DrMWEcker/REC.html
A newsletter with programs, including optional supplemental PC disk. All back issues are available. Topics include puzzles and teasers, BASIC programming, letters, graphics, fractals, challenges, recreation, reviews, word-play, humor, tips, solutions, and Mathemagical Black Holes. |
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Rubik's Cube Lecture Notes - http://web.usna.navy.mil/~wdj/rubik_nts.htm
Notes on the mathematics of the Rubik's cube. |
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Table of Numbers Problem - http://www.alpertron.com.ar/CUADRO.HTM
Given a m * n rectangle, place all numbers from 1 to mn that minimizes the sum of the products of rows and columns (both in Spanish and English). |
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Fair Dice - http://www.mathpuzzle.com/Fairdice.htm
Includes a complete list of all possible Fair Dice, most of which are not cubes. Includes pictures. |
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The Sound of Mathematics - http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/9349/
Algorithmic music determined by mathematics and by the musical preferences of a human. General MIDI files. |
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Cryptarithms Online - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/2160/
70 brain-teasers; a Primer on Cryptarithmetic; books and links to alphametics on the Web. |
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Skytopia - Super Magnet - http://www.skytopia.com/project/magnet/magnet.html
A colourful world built entirely using mathematical atoms and molecules. Pictures and animations demonstrate structures colliding and interacting. Animated GIF demonstrations. |
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Fun With Mathematics - http://www.geocities.com/hjsmithh/
Includes pages on the topics of primes, fibonacci numbers, PI computation, data encryption and links to calculator programs. |
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Treasure Troves : Book List - http://www.treasure-troves.com/books/RecreationalMathematics.html
Book list including titles, authors, publishers, prices, page count and some have links to Amazon.com. |
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Fibonacci numbers and the Pascal triangle - http://milan.milanovic.org/math/
The relation between Fibonacci numbers and Pascal's triangle. English/German/Serbian. |
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Mathematical Lego Sculptures - http://www.andrewlipson.com/mathlego.htm
Designed and built by Andrew Lipson. Images and LDraw files. |
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Narcissistic Numbers - http://www.geocities.com/~harveyh/narciss.htm
Those that are representable, in some way, by mathematically manipulating the digits of the numbers themselves. |
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Mathematische Basteleien - http://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/
Topics include Flexagon, Soma Cube, Pentominos, Cube-it, Rubik's Cube, Froebel's Star, Tangram, House of Santa Claus, Chronogram, Numeric Palindromes, Latticework of Letters. English/German. |
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Eureka - http://www.archim.org.uk/eureka/
The annual journal of the Archimedeans, the mathematical society of the University of Cambridge. It regularly contains articles on recreational mathematics. |
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Recreational Mathematics - http://camel.math.ca/Recreation/recreation.html
Links collected at CAMEL, the Canadian Mathematical Society website. |
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Back to Square One - http://www.geocities.com/jaapsch/puzzles/square1.htm
Includes description, solutions and other resources on this cube-like puzzle. |
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Stunning Friends with Math Magic - http://www.cut-the-knot.com/arithmetic/rapid/magic.shtml
A collection of card tricks, number guessing games, paper and glue magic, and other math exercises. |
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David Singmaster: List of Available Material - http://anduin.eldar.org/~problemi/singmast/material.html
Teaching and recreational items in this personal collection. |
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A Disproof of Pythagoras' Theorem? - http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/System/8956/problems/pyth.htm
A method of disproving the Theorem of Pythagoras is presented. The author is adamant that this is intended only as a puzzle to find the mistake in the arguments, and not as a serious proposal. |
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Spirocharts - http://www.nehuenmultimedia.com.ar/html/spirograph.html
A windows application that creates mathematically precise spirograph drawings; savable as images. |
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Jlpe's Number Recreations Page - http://www.geocities.com/windmill96/numrecreations.html
Features original number recreations by the author, such as generalized perfect numbers, digital diversions, diophantine equations, didactic numbers, and number theory. |
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The Diamond 16 Puzzle - http://m759.freeservers.com/puzzle.html
New version of the classic puzzle using row/column/quadrant permutations to display symmetries of graphic designs. Has link to a site on the underlying mathematics (Diamond Theory). |
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The Nine Digits Page - http://www.worldofnumbers.com/ninedig1.htm
Puzzles and problems connected with numbers using the digits 1-9. |
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MAA Library List in Recreational Mathematics - http://www.maa.org/BLL/recmath.htm
Book list split into categories. Includes title, author, publisher and date information about each book. |
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Spirograph - http://dogbomb.com/spi/
A java applet for creating Spirograph images. |
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A Mathematician's Aesthetics - http://m759.freeservers.com/PHaesthetics.html
In his classic A Mathematician's Apology, G. H. Hardy likened mathematics to poetry and painting. This site elaborates on Hardy's remark with quotations from Stevens, Klee, Fry, and Focillon. Links to related sites are given. |
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The Aesthetics of Symmetry - http://home.earthlink.net/~jdc24/symmetry.htm
A brief digression into how people perceive symmetrical patterns -- what makes them boring, interesting, or overly intricate |
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Look and Say Sequence Generator - http://www.btinternet.com/~se16/js/looknsay.htm
Creates a special kind of summation formula created by John Conway. |
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One Metaphor Fits All - http://www.btinternet.com/~se16/mhi/
Explains Conway's audioactive decay that is generated by a particular kind of sequence. Includes illustrations and related resources. |