Mathematics Educators Stack Exchange Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, December 29, 2016

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Top new questions this week: Why is this type of reductio ad absurdum not taught more? I recently read in a book about a proof that Archimedes did. I don't remember the exact details and I don't have the book on me right now, but it involved proving an equality. So let's say proving ... undergraduate-education proofs   asked by Leonhard 4 votes answered by mweiss 8 votes Is there a toy example of an axiomatically defined system/ structure? Day 1 in my "Into to Pure Maths" class... I'd like to have a very simple set of axioms defining something, not necessarily a useful thing, but a system that is suitable for making short deductions. ... undergraduate-education concept-motivation   asked by Gordon Royle 3 votes answered by Benjamin Dickman 6 votes Are there any math certificates/qualifications on high school maths that you can do after high school? I hope this is a good place to ask the question. My issue is that I have finished high school a number of years ago, and although I did some (non-advanced) math courses then, I did not do an exam in ... secondary-education exams self-learning prerequisites   asked by Leist01 2 votes answered by dflora 0 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: A Lexicon of Math Mistakes Neil Postman wrote an interesting (and freely available) article called "The Educationist as Painkiller." I highly recommend you read the article for your own enjoyment and as a background to this ... mathematical-pedagogy curriculum students-mistakes   asked by David Ebert 32 votes answered by Benjamin Dickman 19 votes Why do we teach complex numbers? In algebra II, USA, we teach our students complex numbers. However, after algebra II, they never use complex numbers until pretty much complex analysis. The whole point of teaching them complex ... algebra teaching applied-mathematics applications complex-numbers   asked by Simple Art 27 votes answered by Ben Crowell 47 votes Software to create video tutorial of mathematics topics I came across many video tutorials on youtube regarding mathematics. I found this video amazingly simple to understand for students. I want to know about the tool/software used for it or similar ... technology-in-education tutoring software   asked by user 21 votes answered by Adrienne 14 votes Examples of arithmetic and geometric sequences and series in daily life In this part of the course I am just trying to show that we actually see alot of sequences and series everyday in our daily life. I already found some examples such as the housenumbers when you drive ... examples mathematics-in-daily-life series   asked by Michelle_B 4 votes answered by Benoît Kloeckner 5 votes

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