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#1 2013-11-24 06:25:19
- roniman
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Hi math lovers!
Hi everyone!
Very excited to see a forum full of people who love math.
So does every here make math worksheets on Excel for fun too?!?! 
No?....oh....well, I don't do that either.../looks around
I tutor math from pre-algebra to AP calculus BC. I enjoy using puzzles/games to enhance my lesson plans. I am currently a Rubiks Cube ambassador.
I could go on and on about how much I love math and teaching. Hope to meet more people on here!
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#2 2013-11-24 06:32:32
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Re: Hi math lovers!
hi roniman
Welcome to the forum.
I am currently a Rubiks Cube ambassador.
?? So what does that involve? I wasn't aware they had an embassy? 
Bob
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#3 2013-11-24 06:46:28
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Re: Hi math lovers!
hi roniman
Welcome to the forum.
I am currently a Rubiks Cube ambassador.
?? So what does that involve? I wasn't aware they had an embassy?
Bob
does online embassy count?
apparently i can't post links yet, but youcandothecubedotcom
it involves me getting more students/teachers to learn the rubiks cube.
Just out of curiosity, how many cubers do we haev on this forum?
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#4 2013-11-24 07:20:15
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Re: Hi math lovers!
That's a great site, thanks.
You'll get full posting rights when you've been a member for a while.
Back in 1980, (Yes, I'm that old!), my school organised an inter-school cube competition. Cube meisters had dismantled, filed and powdered their cubes for maximum speed and the winner did a cube in 71 secs. One difficulty arises if you try to do this: the cube is likely to explode into separate pieces. That's not so bad if you're on your own, but if it happens in a school hall, lots of times, then there's a real problem getting everybody's cube back together.
Have you come across Singmaster's book http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Singmaster
Just out of curiosity, how many cubers do we have on this forum?
I don't know. If you do a search, you'll find at least 8, but I expect the true number is much greater. A bit like the inverse of god's algorithm; no one knows if 7 moves is always possible.
Bob
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#5 2013-11-24 08:40:00
Re: Hi math lovers!
Welcome to the forum;
I had been asking my grandpa for a cube for a long time.
So does every here make math worksheets on Excel for fun too?!?!
Atleast one of them does. The rest use Mathematica.
I don't know. If you do a search, you'll find at least 8, but I expect the true number is much greater. A bit like the inverse of god's algorithm; no one knows if 7 moves is always possible.
But how is he going to do the search?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#6 2013-11-24 08:43:55
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Re: Hi math lovers!
But how is he going to do the search?
He clicks on 'search' and enters the term 'rubik'.
It's hard to mention RC in a post without using that word.
Of course, this will only give a lower bound, as some cubists may be closet cubists.
Bob
ps. tell your grandpa that it is good for mathematical development
Last edited by Bob (2013-11-24 08:45:05)
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#7 2013-11-24 08:49:23
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Noo! He said that the cube is broken
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
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#8 2013-11-24 08:57:02
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Are you saying that he has one, but it is broken. How badly ? I may be able to say how you can put it back together. Depends if the springs are still good.
Bob
ps. Tell him that an unbroken cube is good for mathematical development but a broken one is good for engineering development. If it helps you may quote me on this to him.
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You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
Sometimes I deliberately make mistakes, just to test you! …………….Bob
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#9 2013-11-24 08:59:31
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Re: Hi math lovers!
Some cubists are Picasso.
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#10 2013-11-24 09:03:04
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No. This is inverted logic.
Some Picassos are cubists.
Bob
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#11 2013-11-24 09:04:43
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Re: Hi math lovers!
Both are true. There exists a cubist who is a Picasso.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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#12 2013-11-24 09:11:22
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Fair point. I stand corrected.
Bob
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You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
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#13 2013-11-24 09:13:37
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Hi math lovers!
Great. Now we can let Zygons be Zygons.
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#14 2013-11-24 09:44:04
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But I thought the trick was to make them think they were not Zygons.
B
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You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
Sometimes I deliberately make mistakes, just to test you! …………….Bob
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#15 2013-11-24 10:29:31
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Re: Hi math lovers!
Well, the geek girls figured out which was which.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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#16 2013-11-24 10:41:54
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Re: Hi math lovers!
Wow, this thread jumped the shark fast! Is this how u guys/gals welcome everyone?! 
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#17 2013-11-24 10:49:00
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Re: Hi math lovers!
Most threads here have a topic jump at least once.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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#18 2013-11-24 10:54:34
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Re: Hi math lovers!
Yeah, and the puns run amuck! I like it here a lot!
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#19 2013-11-24 10:59:41
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Re: Hi math lovers!
True that.
Fair point. I stand corrected.
Bob
And you stand correctly.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#20 2013-11-24 12:43:59
Re: Hi math lovers!
and normal to the ground
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#21 2013-11-24 13:08:20
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Hi math lovers!
And right way up.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#22 2013-11-24 13:10:33
Re: Hi math lovers!
Is it okay to say that: Some A is B <=> Some B is A
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#23 2013-11-24 13:14:55
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Re: Hi math lovers!
It is. I can't think of a counter-example.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#24 2013-11-24 13:17:35
Re: Hi math lovers!
The next person will explain why he is learning prolog
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#25 2013-11-24 13:18:59
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Re: Hi math lovers!
Because we are doing it in school.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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