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. |
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. |
Back to Square One «
http://www.geocities.com/jaapsch/puzzles/square1.htm | | Includes description , solutions and other resources on this cube-like puzzle. |
Critical Math «
http://web.onetel.com/~amygdala/articles/scimaths/ | | Articles and images on recreational math from fractals and magic squares to mathemorchids and galois. |
Cryptarithms Online «
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/2160/ | | 70 brain-teasers; a primer on cryptarithmetic; books and links to alphametics on the web. |
CuriousMath «
http://www.curiousmath.com/ | | Include news , math tricks , methods , facts , trivia , mostly posted by users. |
David Singmaster: List of Available Material «
http://anduin.eldar.org/~problemi/singmast/material.html | | Teaching and recreational items in this personal collection. |
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. |
Fair Dice «
http://www.mathpuzzle.com/Fairdice.htm | | Contains a complete list of all possible fair dice , most of which are not cubes. includes pictures. |
Famous Curves «
http://www.geocities.com/famouscurves/ | | Visual animations of famous curves. |
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. |
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. |
Fibonacci numbers and the Pascal triangle «
http://milan.milanovic.org/math/ | | The relation between fibonacci numbers and pascal's triangle. english/german/serbian. |
Final Answers «
http://home.att.net/~numericana/answer/ | | Numerous facts including formulas , magic tricks , fallacies , recreations compiled by dr. gerald p. michon. |
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. |
