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Setting Mathematics in Verse
Swirling Symmetry, mathematically-inspired art by Sandra DeLozier Coleman, who also writes mathematical poetry. This piece appeared in the 2013 Joint Mathematics Meetings art gallery...
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Knotty Fun at the Joint Math Meetings
Mathematicians attempting to untangle a human knot at a knot "flash mob" on January 11, 2013 at the Joint Mathematics Meetings. Image: American Mathematical Society Anyone with necklaces or lace-up shoes has some first-hand experience with knots, but believe it or not (knot?), there is an entire mathematical discipline dedicated to studying knots and some closely related concepts...
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Where in the World Are the Odd Perfect Numbers?
A ladybug with a perfect number of spots. Image: Lauren Tucker Photography, via flickr. The launch of Roots of Unity was just in time for this year's Joint Mathematics Meetings, a mathapalooza put on by the two largest professional mathematical societies (the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America)...
Math
The First Root of Unity
This is what I look like standing on a tilted post near Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, New York. Welcome to Roots of Unity! I'm Evelyn Lamb, and I am a mathematician...
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