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Happy April 1 Day

Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: April 1, 2013

The 4! = 24 distinct fractions whose base 4 representation consists of permutations of the digits (0, look 1,2,3) repeated: These are all fractions of the form , namely those fractions  with numerators 9, 10, 13, 15, 18, 19, 25, 26, 33, 36 ,38, 40, 45, 47 ,49 ,52, 59 ,60 66, 67, 70, 72, 75 and 76.  

Mathematics majors: are most of you wasting time and money?

Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: March 31, 2013

Below is a post on College Confidential, posted by mathematik on May 24, 2010: “Math majors beware: most of you are wasting time and money Here’s a story for all the math majors and future math majors reading this: I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in math 6 years ago. I graduated with honors and a good […]