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Gizem Karaali - "Raphael\'s School of Athens: A Theorem in a Painting?" by Robert Haas Ph.D.

Gizem Karaali — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 17:51:41 +0000

Readers of this article might be interested to learn that the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics has published two other articles on this painting: Frode S. Larsen, "Leonardo da Vinci in Raphael's School of Athens," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 11 Issue 2 (July 2021), pages 196-243. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.202102.09. Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol11/iss2/... and Frode S. Larsen & Harald E. Moe, "Could Raphael’s School of Athens Contain Hidden Geometry?," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 13 Issue 2 (July 2023), pages 228-279. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.SCYQ4586. Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol13/iss2/...

larrylesser - "Statistical Poetry" by Lawrence M. Lesser

larrylesser — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:43:02 +0000

A full-length paper on statistical poetry (with pedagogical guidance) is at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/...

Gizem_Karaali - "The Language of Mathematics and Communication Ethics" by Marshall Gordon

Gizem_Karaali — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:51:52 +0000

A reprint of this article was published in Volume 42 (January 2025) of Philosophy of Mathematics Education. See https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/pmej/no-42-december-20...

sonia - "The "Benfordness" of Bach Music" by Chadrack Bantange, Darby Burgett et al.

sonia — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:10:23 +0000

One of the best article i've read in a long time...Great work guys.

Philip Fried - "Poems: At the Dimensional Border" by Philip Fried

Philip Fried — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:31:03 +0000

For a discussion of these poems in The Guardian's Poem of the Week feature, 10/28/24, go to https://www.theguardian.com/books/series/poemofth...

Liz Milner - "Creative Mathematical Sciences Communication (CMSC`24)" by Frances A. Rosamond

Liz Milner — Sat, 3 Aug 2024 17:05:00 +0000

I read Hermann Hesse's "Glass Bead Game" high school and now I see there's a chance to play it at the conference. How cool is that! From the website description, it appears that there are a lot of demonstrations of how Mathematical principles can be used to create Art. Sounds like a very engaging event!

Gizem Karaali - "An Amends Letter From a Recovering Mean Professor" by Feryal Alayont

Gizem Karaali — Mon, 8 Jul 2024 18:14:30 +0000

Here is an inspiring blog post related to some of the ideas of this article: https://mathybeagle.com/2017/04/09/we-are-powerle...

Gizem Karaali - "The Professional Journey of a Female Mathematician" by Bhamini M. P. Nayar

Gizem Karaali — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:18:03 +0000

Professor Nayar's article mentioned in this essay, titled "Challenges and Rewards Facing Foreign-Born Female Mathematicians in the US", is now available at https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202403/noti2...

Gizem Karaali - "Differential Equations of Love and Love of Differential Equations" by Isaac Elishakoff

Gizem Karaali — Fri, 9 Feb 2024 04:25:35 +0000

Also check out the poetry folder: Jonathan Kinsman, "Variations on a Meme: Thoughts and Responses to Isaac Elishakoff’s “Differential Equations of Love and Love of Differential Equations"," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 14 Issue 1 (January 2024), pages 326-333. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.QAXB4114. Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol14/iss1/... written in response to this paper.

Larry Lesser - "Kepler’s 3M Cosmological Model" by Po-Hung Liu

Larry Lesser — Sun, 4 Feb 2024 19:18:24 +0000

wonderful exposition! the topic inspired this song: https://youtu.be/ezVdI1P0AqY?t=62

Leon Wyatt - "Stories of Being Continually “Underrepresented”" by Lynette DeAun Guzmán

Leon Wyatt — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 12:37:00 +0000

This powerful collection of essays by Lynette D. Guzmán sheds light on the harsh realities of navigating academia as an underrepresented individual, offering invaluable insights and resonating with many who've faced similar challenges. A courageous and thought-provoking work.

Larry Lesser - "The "Benfordness" of Bach Music" by Chadrack Bantange, Darby Burgett et al.

Larry Lesser — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:51:00 +0000

Bravo on this fascinating piece on songs manifesting Benford's Law! Benford's Law, in turn, sparked a song: https://www.causeweb.org/cause/resources/fun/song...

Story - "The Mystery of the Dancing Men" by Manmohan Kaur

Story — Sat, 5 Aug 2023 12:32:36 +0000

I enjoyed reading Kaur's article. It's a clever way to use mathematics to engage students in a murder mystery. I think this activity would be a great way to get students excited about mathematics. I would be interested to hear other readers' thoughts on the article.

pscgadfly - "Astor Place Barber" by Audrey Nasar

pscgadfly — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 19:14:29 +0000

I love this story! Thanks for a sweet, surprised laugh.

Larry Lesser - "Blending Mathematics Teaching with Kindness" by Kien H. Lim and Anthony Matsuura

Larry Lesser — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 06:25:08 +0000

Kudos to my colleague Kien for this article, to which I’d add: (1) beyond having monthly meetings, the campus kindness group he founded has enriched many campus-wide events/conferences, (2) in addition to noted concepts of Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism, a kindness practice can also be supported by Jewish concepts of chesed and gemilut hasidim.

Larry Lesser - "The Nothing That Really Matters" by Szilárd Svitek

Larry Lesser — Sun, 5 Feb 2023 14:13:37 +0000

Nice article! Readers may also enjoy Robert Kaplan's 2000 Oxford University Press book, The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero.

Gizem Karaali - "Math in Seventeen Syllables"

Gizem Karaali — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 09:26:33 +0000

Readers of the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics might find it interesting to read this article that reports that AI is getting better at writing haiku, at least in Japanese: https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2022/12/06/...

Gizem Karaali - "Hyperbolic Space for Tourists" by Viktor Blåsjö

Gizem Karaali — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:04:24 +0000

A related article by Hee Oh appeared recently in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society: https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202211/noti2...

Brad Lucier - "The Nature of Numbers: Real Computing" by Bradley J. Lucier

Brad Lucier — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 15:34:15 +0000

Two errata: 1. Top of page 328, change "each new digits" to "each new digit". 2. Page 338, end of fourth paragraph, change "$|A_{T(K)}-A|<\frac 1 K$" to "$|A_N-A|<\frac 1K$ for all $N\geq T(K)$" (to use TeX notation for the mathematics). Thanks to Bill Richter for the second change.

Larry Lesser - "A Mini-seminar on Ethics in Mathematics" by Allison N. Miller

Larry Lesser — Fri, 2 Sep 2022 13:08:00 +0000

Readers interested in the first "Data and Judgment problem" may also enjoy my piece in the Dec. 2009 Mathematics Teacher.