Math Nomad
MATHEMATICS · EXPLORATION · TEACHING
Mathematics is a place to wander.
Math Nomad is a home for visual investigations, interactive tools, careful exposition and problems worth carrying with you.
Three ways to enter
Choose an object to manipulate, an idea to understand, or an investigation to take into a classroom. The same mathematics often appears in all three forms.
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Explore
Interact with a mathematical object. Make a conjecture, test it and notice what refuses to change.
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Read
Follow an idea from experiment to definition, proof and computation without hiding the interesting turns.
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Teach
Use investigations designed for discussion, group work and the productive pause before an answer appears.
FEATURED EXPLORATION
Sixteen kolam tiles
Every four-bit word encodes a square tile. The bits record openings in the order east–north–west–south. Arrange all sixteen tiles so that neighbouring edges agree, the boundary closes and the drawing is connected.
The construction board, a sliding puzzle and an orbit challenge turn one small tile set into three distinct mathematical experiments.
Recently added
How four bits become a kolam
A first look at the encoding, the local matching equations and the global connectedness condition.
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