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		<title>Pythagorean Triples</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>curiousCharacter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mathematics History]]></category>
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 When math textbooks need an example of a right triangle, they frequently use a triangle with sides of length 3, 4, and 5, since the numbers work out so nicely:  by the Pythagorean theorem. If that gets tiresome, 12, 5, 13 might be used: . Clearly, multiplies of these numbers work also, e.g. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is e, and Why is it Important?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is  to give some background about the constant e. Math students normally encounter e (2.7182818284590452…) in their Precalculus chapter on exponentials and logarithms, and they often wonder where this rather odd number comes from, and what is special about it. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Wonders of WolframAlpha</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>curiousCharacter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is unworthy of excellent men to lose hours like slaves in the labor of calculation.    Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz


 
I have often told students that becoming good at math is a lot like becoming good at a sport or at playing an instrument – practice is extremely  important. Hours and hours of practice.

However, there is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Formula Driven Problem Solving</title>
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		<dc:creator>curiousCharacter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is the first of a series of hints and techniques for students of math, all based on my experience as a math tutor and teacher…
Much of what a student must learn in a math course amounts to mastering the steps in a well defined procedure. For example, multiplying two binomials (e.g. (x-3)(y2+z) ) [...]]]></description>
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