I was waiting for the movie

Lists of numbers on a whiteboard representing the denominators of Egyptian ("unit") fractions that add up to 1.

Just did a deep dive into Egyptian #fractions with my #algebra 2 classes. At the end they had to come up with 5 Egyptian Fractions (1 is the numerator) that add up to 1. These lists are the denominators.
[2,5,6,9,45] means 1/2 + 1/5 + 1/6 + 1/9 + 1/45 = 1
#math #iteachmath

I checked a logarithm problem I gave my students on #chatGPT and it did the #algebra right. But that expression does not equal 1.94. 🧠

This is my Python program to find all the possible ways to make a rectangle out of a number, even using negative numbers. And the simplest example of factoring 104 into 8 x 13 or (10-2)*(10+3). In general, for any size square, x*x + x - 6 = (x-2)*(x+3)

Currently in mad scientist mode, adapting place value tiles as a puzzle where you make rectangles out of shapes. Unlike many #math games, when players figure out they're just factoring numbers they can get really good at it, and before they suspect anything, they're experts at factoring quadratics.

Happy Eid al-Fitr! I'm still working on the Islamic #Geometry sketches. This one came out all right. It's based on a design found in a mosque in Marrakech. I found it in Eric Broug's book. Lots of transformations: reflection, rotation, translation. #math

And by “trial and error” I mean “analysis.” 😄

Generalized the pattern to draw any number of squares. It gets less interesting after 20 or so.

I've been a Processing guy and made the leap to py5 thanks to @gereleth.bsky.social's visualizations of her Advent of Code solutions. Was always inspired by the @beesandbombs.bsky.social types of generative art geniuses. It requires all the logic and trial-and-error of a great Geometry exploration.

More Islamic patterns with a #Python package based on @processing.org called py5. Also with a little too much trial and error from somebody who claims to be a math guy. 😬 📏

Writing about learning #geometry through coding up Islamic patterns. Today it's hexagonal fractals! #math #programming #python

What says Saturday fun more than multiplying and dividing 9th degree polynomials? You only need the coefficients. #math #python #programming

Volute #12

Don't know about nowadays, but way back in the 1900s my dad (a Bruins fan) used to joke "I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out." His philosophy was "If the puck ain't moving, it ain't hockey." 🏒

They say I’m not a romantic guy but I never forget February 14th, the day in 1970 that The Who played their legendary concert at Leeds University, immortalized in their classic Live At Leeds album. ❤️👂🎸

Congrats on the promotion! The tiny screenshot of your profile had me mistaking you for an avid quitter. 😀

Looking good, you handsome devil!

This year the family asked me to make #pizza for Xmas. #sourdough #baking

All done with #AdventOfCode 2024. Fun ride as always!

Most memorable days for me:
- Day 14 (find the tree)
- Day 21 (robots inception)
- Day 24 (so that's how binary addition works!)

#py5 was very nice for making animations and I learned to use a statemachine to manage vis data

I just completed "Red-Nosed Reports" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/2

Happy Advent of Code! Are you coding along this year? #Python

It's not even a matter of being smart enough, it's just being old enough to remember 2018 when his tariffs and/or the retaliatory tariffs from other countries backfired so badly we had to bail out the farmers and the steel industry.

I love harmonographs or whatever this is called! 🤩