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We spoke with an expert from Vanderbilt University about why patterns aren't included in the Common Core State Standards for kindergarten math and whether they should be added.
We spoke with Bethany Rittle-Johnson, an early-math researcher, at length about what math should look like for preschool students.
The New Math of Wrinkling Patterns A comprehensive mathematical framework treats these crinkles as elegant solutions to geometric problems.
Remember the graph paper you used at school, the kind that’s covered with tiny squares? It’s the perfect illustration of what mathematicians call a “periodic tiling of space”, with shapes covering an ...
When you see a repeating pattern, your mind easily imagines it continuing to infinity. There are mathematical rules behind the intriguing visuals.
The pi symbol isn't readily available on your iPhone's default keyboard, but there are tricks you can do to change that and have it available whenever you need.
The world around us is full of repeating patterns. From the frequency of music notes to the appearance of a snowflake, they come in many shapes and sizes. But today we're sticking with squares and ...
For the first time, astrophysicists have detected a pattern in fast radio bursts, one of the most mysterious phenomena in the universe.