Triangles have extraordinary properties. By “extraordinary” I don’t mean anything mystical like pyramid power (remember that?) or the Bermuda Triangle. Rather, I mean something far more interesting, if less exciting to the superficial observer. Trigonometry (literally “triangle measuring”) allows us to explore some of those properties. The properties we’ll be playing with are derived from [...]
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Triangles are freaky
Sunday, January 10th, 2010Elsewhere
Saturday, January 9th, 2010My main site: http://casparfairhall.com Basically a portfolio site, this covers my fine art work across painting (my real profession, if I have one), video and interactive art, and a few recent public art projects. My design site: http://design.casparfairhall.com Visit this site to see my web and graphic design work.
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Saturday, January 9th, 2010Why a maths blog? It‘s all rather self-indulgent really: I want to revise certain aspects of basic maths, and since the best way to learn something deeply is to write about it or teach other people, I’ve started this journal. If others can gain something along the way, that’s ideal. Most of the material will [...]