Summary The celebrated isoperimetric theorem says that the circle provides the least-perimeter way to enclose a given area. In this note we discuss a generalization which moves the isoperimetric ...
What do the integers have in common with the symmetries of a triangle? In the 19th century, mathematicians invented groups as an answer to this question. Mathematics started with numbers — clear, ...
In this chapter, we look beyond the whole numbers at other numbers that are included in school mathematics in grades pre-K to 8, particularly in the upper grades. We first look at the rational numbers ...
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