JonathanNov 21, 2021Fun MathematicsFun with the Dot Product (Math = Patterns)Imagine this. You have a terribly strong desire to learn as much math as you can. You know that people do research in math, whatever that...
JonathanNov 15, 2021Fun MathematicsRectangles in Polar CoordinatesCircles in rectangular coordinates...Rectangles in polar coordinates? This is a bit of a goofy one. Why? Well, I want to figure out...
JonathanNov 15, 2021Fun MathematicsThe Integral of Csc(θ)What is the integral of cscθ? Usually this is done by telling you to multiply by blah/blah where blah is some expression that comes...
JonathanOct 13, 2021Fun MathematicsThe Arithmetic Derivative (Part 3)Let us count The nice thing about the arithmetic derivative is that it takes a natural number to another natural number. This leads to...
JonathanOct 12, 2021Fun MathematicsThe Arithmetic Derivative (Part 2)Our first pattern So we've taken the usual rules for differentiation and applied them to natural numbers: D(ab) = aD(b) + D(a)b with...
JonathanOct 9, 2021Fun MathematicsThe Arithmetic Derivative (Part 1)An introduction If you've done calculus, then you've talked about differentiation. We usually talk about this in terms of "linear...