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By Geeks out of the Box Posted on June 8, 2018

Irrationality of Square Roots

Simon has started a little video series about the Irrationality of Square Roots. In Part 0, Simon talks about what square root of 2 is and in Part 1, he … Continue reading Irrationality of Square Roots

Categories: Geometry Joys, Murderous Maths, Simon teaching, Simon's sketch bookTags: geometry, irrational numbers, math, Mathologer, Numberphile, root of 2, square root
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on May 15, 2018

How to draw the Golden Ratio (Phi)

Simon shows how to draw a segment that is Phi times longer than a unit segment. He learned from a video by James Grime how to draw the square root … Continue reading How to draw the Golden Ratio (Phi)

Categories: Geometry Joys, Murderous Maths, Simon teaching, Simon's sketch bookTags: geometry, golden ratio, homeschooling, irrational numbers, James Grime, math, phi
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on May 4, 2018May 7, 2018

Can an irrational number to the power of an irrational number be rational?

Inspired by the reasoning techniques on the SingingBanana math channel.  

Categories: Murderous Maths, Simon teaching, Simon's sketch bookTags: homeschooling, irrational numbers, math
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on April 26, 2018

Rational vs. Irrational

Simon discusses the infinities of rational and irrational numbers, how they relate and the infinitesimal, using a mind boggling problem about a tree orchard as an example. Inspired by a … Continue reading Rational vs. Irrational

Categories: Murderous Maths, Simon teachingTags: homeschooling, infinity, irrational numbers, James Grime, math, Numberphile, rational

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