Please forgive my appalling lack of posts in recent months. I’ve been working on a project with the above name, which seeks to place cameras in objects that can rotate on any axis, a football for example! Exciting stuff, but I can’t share the maths with you on here.
A TV is advertised at £1000 including VAT at 17.5%.
VAT is increased to 20%. What will the new price tag be?
The immediately apparent answer is £1025, because we’ve “added 2.5%”. But that’s not quite right…
We wish to make two folds in a rectangular piece of paper to form a trapezium (or trapezoid for the chaps across the water). Read more…
I’m not just going to give the answer away this time! At least not for a while anyway… (Click here for the solution) Read more…
In 1975, a new word came into use, when a maverick mathematician made an important discovery. So what are fractals? And why are they important?
Mandelbrot developed fractals as a mathematical way of understanding the infinite complexity of nature.
The concept has been used to measure coastlines, clouds and other natural phenomena and had far-reaching effects in physics, biology and astronomy.
You may have heard someone ask this question before. You may have even pondered it yourself.
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By setting up a simplified mathematical model we can answer this question, and soon a solution will be made available.
In the meantime, we want your ideas!
If you want to submit a well-presented mathematical solution, it will be considered to be formally added to the post.
But of course, all comments are welcome, so please leave your suggestions below.
Physicists have explained one of football’s most spectacular goals.
More importantly, the mathematics of infinity features in a BBC News report!
Full story: BBC News website Read more…
(Hint: Consider the size of the interior angles in a polygon, the sum of angles round a point, and the sum of angles on a line)
(This is my first post in quite a while – apologies for the delay. I’ve been trying to become a qualified teacher!). Read more…
