Monthly Archives: February 2008

Carnival of Mathematics #1000!

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Brent

#1000, you ask? Surely the previous one was #26? Well, yes, but that’s 1000 in base 3, of course. Duh. =) Anyway, yes, the most recent Carnival can be found over at JD2718. Some of my favorite posts: A really … Continue reading →

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Recounting the Rationals, part IVb: the Euclidean Algorithm

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Brent

Suppose we have two integers, and we’d like to find their greatest common divisor (GCD). Recall that the greatest common divisor of two integers m and n is exactly that: the greatest integer which is a divisor of both m … Continue reading →

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26th Carnival of Mathematics posted

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Brent

The 26th Carnival of Mathematics—the one-year anniversary edition!—is posted over at 360, so head over and give it a look! Of particular interest to readers of TMLT are Music From Mathematical Constants from Mike at Walking Randomly (pi as music? … Continue reading →

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Recounting the Rationals, part IV

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Brent

Continuing a series about the Calkin-Wilf tree (see those links for some background), today I’d like to show why all the rationals in the tree must be in lowest terms. Let’s start off with a little number theory! What do … Continue reading →

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