Posts Tagged ‘mathematics’
Happy mathematical new year: 2011 is the sum of 11 consecutive prime numbers
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: January 1, 2011
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xOn December 31, 2010 @mathematicsprof posted two interesting tweets: @mathematicsprof FINALLY, a prime number year 2011 …. first one since 2003. x @mathematicsprof 2011 is also the sum of 11 CONSECUTIVE prime numbers: 2011=157+163+167+173+179+181+191+193+197+199+211 x Two prime numbers are “consecutive” if they follow one upon the other, in the collection of prime numbers. So, for […]
Do mathematically less able students unnecessarily complicate things?
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: December 30, 2010
A few anecdotal experiences, separated widely in time and space, have led me to speculate that less able mathematics students might be unnecessarily complicating procedures and examples, to the point where the complication impedes their learning. Guess my number A colleague at the University of Melbourne in Australia told me, many years ago, about her […]
