The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking
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Author: Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird
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Billiards and mirrors. On an idealized, square billiard table, you want to hit a shot that traces a perfect diamond. To line up your shot, you take four mirrors and position them in the centers of each side wall. Before you remove the mirrors, you make your shot directly along the line from the center of one mirror to the center of the next. As you look into the facing mirror, how many billiard balls do you see?
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The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking
Ch. 7.1 - The incredible shrinking duck. On the Quacked...Ch. 7.1 - Multiplicity (S). In the Sierpinski Triangle,...Ch. 7.1 - Different sizes. In the fern, find three reduced...Ch. 7.1 - Blooming broccoli. In the bunch of broccoli, find...Ch. 7.1 - Prob. 5MSCh. 7.1 - Prob. 6MSCh. 7.1 - Maybe moon. What features of the fractal forgeries...Ch. 7.1 - Exposing forgeries. What features of the fractal...Ch. 7.1 - Natures way. Find some examples of self-similarity...Ch. 7.1 - Do it yourself (H). Draw a figure that contains...
Ch. 7.1 - With a group of folks. In a small group, discuss...Ch. 7.1 - Prob. 12MSCh. 7.2 - A search for self. What does self-similarity mean?Ch. 7.2 - Desperately seeking similarity. Which of these...Ch. 7.2 - Too many triangles? At stage 0, the Sierpinski...Ch. 7.2 - Counting Koch. Look at the early stages of the...Ch. 7.2 - Argyle art. Take four line segments and place them...Ch. 7.2 - Natures way. Find several examples of objects in...Ch. 7.2 - Whos the fairest? Can you position three mirrors...Ch. 7.2 - Billiards and mirrors. On an idealized, square...Ch. 7.2 - MTV. Youve become a rock star and consequently...Ch. 7.2 - Photo op. Suppose you arrange two mirrors facing...Ch. 7.2 - How many mes? Arrange mirrors and camera as in...Ch. 7.2 - Quacker, Quacker, Quacker. Suppose you had the job...Ch. 7.2 - Sierpinski hexed (S). Take an equilateral triangle...Ch. 7.2 - The Kinks (ExH). Kochs kinky curve is created by...Ch. 7.2 - Four times (H). 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Look at the graph for Mindscape 39....Ch. 7.6 - Calculating percentages (H). Return to Table 1 on...Ch. 7.6 - Calculating percentages II. Repeat Mindscape 48...
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