
Algebra
How simple algebra can be used to investigate cubes and other polyhedra up to icosahedra.
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Algebra with Chinese subtitles
How simple algebra can be used to investigate cubes and other polyhedra up to icosahedra.
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All about conic sections
This is a fully interactive program allowing many useful ways of investigating conic sections both visually and algebraically. It comes with a full set of explanatory notes for both teacher and pupil.
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All numbers are not equal
An introduction to the various types of numbers which are recognised as important.
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Complex Quantum Systems and Number Theory
The last few years have seen the emergence of remarkable connections between fluctuation statistics in complex quantum systems and some long-standing and important problems in number theory, such as the distribution of the primes. They are still myst....
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Curious maths: finding the solution
Unsolved problems in mathematics have intrigued us for centuries. It took over 350 years for anyone to provide a proof for Fermat's Last Theorem, considered by many as the most notorious problem in the history of mathematics, and no one has yet offer....
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Curious maths: finding the solution
Unsolved problems in mathematics have intrigued us for centuries. It took over 350 years for anyone to provide a proof for FermatÕs Last Theorem, considered by many as the most notorious problem in the history of mathematics, and no one has yet offe....
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Enhancing communication and structured data on the Web
Rigid interfaces force people to present or look at information the wrong way. We need a new generation of flexible Web tools that help people gather the information they want from wherever it is, organize it however they like, create the interaction....
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Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician’s journey.
Symmetry is all around us. Our eyes and minds are drawn to symmetrical objects, from the sphere to the swastika, from the pyramid to the pentagon. Of fundamental significance to the way we interpret the world around us, this unique phenomenon indicat....
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Fractions 1
How can we represent fractions in the simplest way? Equivalence of decimal and common fractions.
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Fractions 2
An approach to adding and subtracting fractions, using an understanding of the processes involved.
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Fractions 3
Mutiplying and dividing fractions: a systematic approach to this perennial problem.
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Geogebra
GeoGebra is dynamic mathematics software for all levels of education that joins arithmetic, geometry, algebra and calculus. It offers multiple representations of objects in its graphics, algebra, and spreadsheet views that are all dynamically linked.....
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Henry Briggs’ 400 years of geometry at Gresham College
Henry Briggs was the first Gresham Professor of Geometry. In this lecture he describes the College's early days, and surveys the history of the Geometry Chair over the succeeding 400 years.
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Information theory meets writing
Professor MacKay talks about Dasher, and other communication systems designed using information theory; especially communication systems aimed at disabled people.
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Logarithms

Looking for patterns in the prime numbers
The prime numbers 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17... are those whole numbers with no factors, numbers that divide evenly into larger numbers, other than themselves and 1. They are the building blocks of arithmetic and have fascinated mathematicians for millen....
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Making Irrational Numbers Visible
A novel way of showing how root 2 can shown to be irrational, using a paper triangle.
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Mathematical curiosities and treasures.
Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities, a surprise Christmas bestseller, is now accompanied by his Hoard of Mathematical Treasures. Both books are mathematical miscellanies for the general public, ranging from one-liners to mini-essa....
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Mathematics in the real world: From brain tumours to saving marriages
Practical mathematical models are becoming an accepted part of most medical and scientific disciplines. A few of the more unlikely applications are justifying intertribal warfare, the benefits of cannibalism, how the leopard gets its spots and demons....
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Numbers HK
Harry gives an introduction to the difficulty of writing large numbers in Roman Numerals
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Percentages
Making life easy when using percentages. A sometimes fraught topic looked at differently.
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Queueing theory
Bill introduces queueing theory and uses it to design the most efficient check out line
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