h2g2 Maths Library
Created | Updated Dec 16, 2004
This library is an extension of the h2g2 Maths Lab. It is under construction, and at present only contains links to Edited Entries. The next update should bring in interesting unedited maths entries, and possibly external links.
Edited Entries
Here is a list of entries in the Edited Guide about Mathematical topics. The categories into which we've organized them aren't definitive, but they're nicer to look at than one huge list.
Algebra
Applied Maths
- Algorithms - Computer Science/Logic
- Arrow's Possibility Theorem - Game Theory
- Beating the Odds - Gambling
- Calculating the Date of Easter - Calendrics
- Genetic Algorithms - Computer Science
- Gas State Equations - Physics
- An Introduction to Game Theory - Game Theory
- Public Key Cryptography in Today's Communication - Crytpography
- Quantum Mechanics - Physics
- Thiessen Polygons - many applications
- Units of Measurement - General Applied Maths
- Little's Result - Systems Theory
- Solitons - Various applications
Arithmetic
Calculus and Analysis
Famous Problems
General
Geometry
- Calculating the Volume and Surface Area of Various Solid Objects
- Fractals - Beautiful Mathematics
- Tesseracts
Logic and Proof
- Basic Methods of Mathematical Proof
- Logical Completeness
- Logical Consistency
- Paradox
- Propositional Logic
- Valid and Invalid Arguments
Mathematicians
- Alan Turing - Computer Scientist
- Evariste Galois - Mathematical Genius
- Hypatia of Alexandria
- Raymond Queneau - Poet and Mathematician
- Sophie Germain - Mathematician
Numbers
- Bigger and Bigger Infinities
- Fibonacci Series
- A History of Numbers
- Imaginary Numbers
- Integers and Natural Numbers
- Irrational Numbers
- Mersenne Numbers
- The Number 206265
- Numbers
- Number Systems
- Pi
- Repetends (Repeating Decimals)
- Rational Numbers
- Triangular Numbers
Pedagogy and Recreational Maths
- Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA)
- Lobster Pots - a Mathematics Game
- Mathematical Games as an Aid to Teaching Mathematics
Probability and Statistics
- Bayes' Theorem and Bayesian Statistics
- Benford's Law
- Probability and Statistical Reversal Paradoxes
- What do Probabilities Mean?