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EFF Cooperative Computing Awards EFF Cooperative Computing Awards: Between $100,000 and $250,000 will go to the first individual or group who discovers a new prime number above 10 million digits. (Recreations) http://www.eff.org/coop-awards/ Math Forum: Algebra Problem of the Week Math Forum: Algebra Problem of the Week: View this week's algebra problem or those of previous weeks. (Recreations) http://mathforum.org/algpow/ A Mathematician's Aesthetics A Mathematician's Aesthetics: In his classic A Mathematician's Apology, G. H. Hardy likened mathematics to poetry and painting. This site elaborates on Hardy's remark with quotations from Stevens, Klee, Fry, and Focillon. Links to related sites are given. (Recreations) http://m759.freeservers.com/PHaesthetics.html Mathematics in Art and Architecture Mathematics in Art and Architecture: An interdisciplinary course on mathematics in art and architecture. (Recreations) http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/math-art-arch.shtml Famous Curves Famous Curves: Visual animations of famous curves. (Recreations) http://www.geocities.com/famouscurves/ Famous Curves Index Famous Curves Index: Curves you've heard of and curves you haven't, from Astroid to the Witch of Agnesi. (Recreations) http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Curves/Curves.html Recreational Mathematics Forum Recreational Mathematics Forum: A forum for posting messages about math recreations. Hosted at Delphi. (Recreations) http://forums.delphiforums.com/recmath/start/ Mathematical Spectrum Mathematical Spectrum: Mathematical Spectrum is a magazine for students and teachers of mathematics in universities, colleges and schools worldwide. It may be read by anybody interested in mathematics as a recreation. (Recreations) http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/companies/apt/ms.html Who Can Name the Bigger Number? Who Can Name the Bigger Number?: An essay by Scott Aaronson on the quest for ever-bigger numbers, from exponentials to Busy Beavers. (Recreations) http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~aaronson/bignumbers.html Fast Arithmetic Tips Fast Arithmetic Tips: Three categories: defensive - know to check an answer, offensive - fast mental calculations, and math magic. (Recreations) http://www.cut-the-knot.com/arithmetic/rapid/index.shtml Mathematical Problems - Problem Solving Mathematical Problems - Problem Solving: Mathematics Hots (Problems) by Bruno Kevius (Recreations) http://mathres.kevius.com/problem.html Recmath Recmath: Includes pages on magic squares and polyomino patterns and contains related java applets. (Recreations) http://web.idirect.com/~recmath/ Wade Edward Philpott Collection Wade Edward Philpott Collection: A special collection at the University of Calgary Library. (Recreations) http://www.ucalgary.ca/library/SpecColl/philpott.htm Wade Edward Philpott Wade Edward Philpott: Profile and description of his mathematical games and puzzles. (Recreations) http://www.gamepuzzles.com/wade.htm CuriousMath CuriousMath: Include news, math tricks, methods, facts, trivia, mostly posted by users. (Recreations) http://www.curiousmath.com/ Back to Square One Back to Square One: Includes description, solutions and other resources on this cube-like puzzle. (Recreations) http://www.geocities.com/jaapsch/puzzles/square1.htm Recreational Mathematics (David Eppstein) Recreational Mathematics (David Eppstein): An extensive list of web resources for recreational math. (Recreations) http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/recmath.html Decimal to Hexadecimal Conversion Decimal to Hexadecimal Conversion: A table to convert any number from 1 to 255 to Hexadecimal. (Recreations) http://www.jaworski.com/htmlbook/dec-hex.htm Mathematical Diversions Mathematical Diversions: Mostly original diversions in mathematics and word play. (Recreations) http://members.aol.com/s6sj7gt/mikehome.htm Math Magic By Computer Math Magic By Computer: Interactive java puzzles and activities in different mathematical topics. (Recreations) http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/index.shtml#magic The Snarking of the Hunt The Snarking of the Hunt: Visitors are invited to analyse the verses to discover mathematical puzzles and riddles. They are invited to offer solutions. (Recreations) http://www.vau65.freeserve.co.uk/ Mathematical Poetry - A Small Anthology Mathematical Poetry - A Small Anthology: A fascinating selection of poems by various poets based on the seemingly incongruous aesthetic and theme of mathematics. (Recreations) http://kate.stange.com/mathweb/mathpoet.html Math Forum: 2001 Mathematics Game Math Forum: 2001 Mathematics Game: A contest that asks to write all integers from 1 to 100 using only the digits 2,0,0,1 and arithmetic operations. (Recreations) http://mathforum.org/~judyann/2001/ Gardner Index Gardner Index: Rough index to the fifteen books containing Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games articles from Scientific American. (Recreations) http://www.ms.uky.edu/~lee/ma502/gardner5/gardner5.html Sir Roger Penrose Sir Roger Penrose: A article about him and his interests and contributions to recreational mathematics. (Recreations) http://www.worldofescher.com/misc/penrose.html Club Infinity Club Infinity: York University's Undergraduate Math Club with informations on math competitions and a problem solving forum. (Recreations) http://www.math.yorku.ca/infinity/math/ Gathering for Gardner Gathering for Gardner: Contains math, puzzle, geometry, illusions, mazes, links, articles and problems. (Recreations) http://www.g4g4.com/ Spirocharts Spirocharts: A windows application that creates mathematically precise spirograph drawings; savable as images. (Recreations) http://www.nehuenmultimedia.com.ar/html/spirograph.html HAKMEM HAKMEM: A collection of problems from MIT. Work reported herein was conducted at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology research program. (Recreations) http://www.inwap.com/pdp10/hbaker/hakmem/hakmem.html Mathematical Quotation Server Mathematical Quotation Server: A collection of mathematical quotations culled from many sources. You may conduct a keyword search through the quotation database. (Recreations) http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mquot.html Mathematical Lego Sculptures Mathematical Lego Sculptures: Designed and built by Andrew Lipson. Images and LDraw files. (Recreations) http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mathlego.htm Sportlab Sportlab: Combines high school and college math topics into sports applications. (Recreations) http://www.geocities.com/sportlab/ Critical Math Critical Math: Articles and images on recreational math from fractals and magic squares to mathemorchids and Galois. (Recreations) http://www.geocities.com/aladgyma/articles/scimaths/maths.htm Skytopia - Super Magnet Skytopia - Super Magnet: A colourful world built entirely using mathematical atoms and molecules. Pictures and animations demonstrate structures colliding and interacting. Animated GIF demonstrations. (Recreations) http://www.skytopia.com/project/magnet/magnet.html The Eugène Strens Recreational Mathematics Collection The Eugène Strens Recreational Mathematics Collection: A special collection at the University of Calgary, including the archives of Martin Gardner. There is a searchable online index. (Recreations) http://www.ucalgary.ca/library/SpecColl/strens.htm Stunning Friends with Math Magic Stunning Friends with Math Magic: A collection of card tricks, number guessing games, paper and glue magic, and other math exercises. (Recreations) http://www.cut-the-knot.com/arithmetic/rapid/magic.shtml Mathematical Induction Mathematical Induction: A page of uncommon problems, most closely connected with number theory. (Recreations) http://www.math.cl/induction.html Recreational Mathematics Recreational Mathematics: Links collected at CAMEL, the Canadian Mathematical Society website. (Recreations) http://camel.math.ca/Recreation/recreation.html David Singmaster: List of Available Material David Singmaster: List of Available Material: Teaching and recreational items in this personal collection. (Recreations) http://anduin.eldar.org/~problemi/singmast/material.html Spirograph Spirograph: A java applet for creating Spirograph images. (Recreations) http://dogbomb.com/spi/ Eureka Eureka: The annual journal of the Archimedeans, the mathematical society of the University of Cambridge. It regularly contains articles on recreational mathematics. (Recreations) http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/archim/eureka/ Rubik's Cube Lecture Notes Rubik's Cube Lecture Notes: Notes on the mathematics of the Rubik's cube. (Recreations) http://web.usna.navy.mil/~wdj/rubik_nts.htm One Metaphor Fits All One Metaphor Fits All: Explains Conway's audioactive decay that is generated by a particular kind of sequence. Includes illustrations and related resources. (Recreations) http://www.btinternet.com/~se16/mhi/ Fair Dice Fair Dice: Contains a complete list of all possible Fair Dice, most of which are not cubes. Includes pictures. (Recreations) http://www.mathpuzzle.com/Fairdice.htm Mathematics for Fun Mathematics for Fun: Interactive math pages including java Kali and a page on the world's largest prime. (Recreations) http://www.thinks.com/math/index.htm Origami Mathematics Origami Mathematics: Information on the mathematics of paper folding. (Recreations) http://web.merrimack.edu/~thull/OrigamiMath.html Table of Numbers Problem Table of Numbers Problem: Given a m * n rectangle, place all numbers from 1 to mn that minimizes the sum of the products of rows and columns (both in Spanish and English). (Recreations) http://www.alpertron.com.ar/CUADRO.HTM Roman Numerals Roman Numerals: Contains a introduction to Roman numerals including a translation of the digits used and a converter which can convert decimal to Roman numerals and vice versa. (Recreations) http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html Fibonacci numbers and the Pascal triangle Fibonacci numbers and the Pascal triangle: The relation between Fibonacci numbers and Pascal's triangle. English/German/Serbian. (Recreations) http://milan.milanovic.org/math/ MAA Library List in Recreational Mathematics MAA Library List in Recreational Mathematics: Book list split into categories. Includes title, author, publisher and date information about each book. (Recreations) http://www.maa.org/BLL/recmath.htm Math Forum: 2002 Mathematics Game Math Forum: 2002 Mathematics Game: A contest where the contestants have to write all integers from 1 to 100 using only the digits 2,0,0,2 and arithmetic operations. (Recreations) http://mathforum.org/~judyann/2002/ Jlpe's Number Recreations Page Jlpe's Number Recreations Page: Features original number recreations by the author, such as generalized perfect numbers, digital diversions, diophantine equations, didactic numbers, and number theory. (Recreations) http://www.geocities.com/windmill96/numrecreations.html Number Recreations by Shyam Sunder Gupta Number Recreations by Shyam Sunder Gupta: Features interesting facts about different numbers. Includes favorite related links. (Recreations) http://www.shyamsundergupta.com/ Mathematrix Mathematrix: Devoted to exploring the more entertaining (and generally lesser known) areas of mathematics. Can be enjoyed by anyone, from individuals with little or no math background to professors of the subject. (Recreations) http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/7773/index.html A Disproof of Pythagoras' Theorem? A Disproof of Pythagoras' Theorem?: A method of disproving the Theorem of Pythagoras is presented. The author is adamant that this is intended only as a puzzle to find the mistake in the arguments, and not as a serious proposal. (Recreations) http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/System/8956/problems/pyth.htm Properties of Dice Properties of Dice: Polyhedral dice and their properties. (Recreations) http://hjem.get2net.dk/Klaudius/Dice.htm Look and Say Sequence Generator Look and Say Sequence Generator: Creates a special kind of summation formula created by John Conway. (Recreations) http://www.btinternet.com/~se16/js/looknsay.htm Math Cats Math Cats: A magic chalkboard takes you to a math art gallery and lots of interactive math activities, including: magic squares, conversions, seasonal surveys, symmetry, tessellations, geometric designs, games. (Recreations) http://www.mathcats.com/ Mudd Math Fun Facts Mudd Math Fun Facts: An archive of interesting math facts for use in the classroom or just for fun. Browse by subject, difficulty, keywords, or try the "random" feature. Based at Harvey Mudd College. (Recreations) http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/ Iamond Iamond: A page on polyiamond puzzles. Includes many pages on tessellation. (Recreations) http://www.mathpuzzle.com/iamond.htm Cryptarithms Online Cryptarithms Online: 70 brain-teasers; a Primer on Cryptarithmetic; books and links to alphametics on the Web. (Recreations) http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/2160 Fun With Mathematics Fun With Mathematics: Includes pages on the topics of primes, fibonacci numbers, PI computation, data encryption and links to calculator programs. (Recreations) http://pw1.netcom.com/~hjsmith/ Recreational and Educational Computing Recreational and Educational Computing: A newsletter with programs, including optional supplemental PC disk. All back issues are available. Topics include puzzles and teasers, BASIC programming, letters, graphics, fractals, challenges, recreation, reviews, word-play, humor, tips, solutions, (Recreations) http://members.aol.com/DrMWEcker/REC.html Geometric Packing Problems Geometric Packing Problems: By Joseph Malkevitch: "Given one shape X how and when can one pack identical copies of this shape into another shape Y?" (Recreations) http://www.york.cuny.edu/~malk/tidbits/tidbit-geometric-packing.html The Nine Digits Page The Nine Digits Page: Puzzles and problems connected with numbers using the digits 1-9. (Recreations) http://www.ping.be/~ping6758/ninedigits.htm Treasure Troves : Book List Treasure Troves : Book List: Book list including titles, authors, publishers, prices, page count and some have links to Amazon.com. (Recreations) http://www.treasure-troves.com/books/RecreationalMathematics.html Mathematische Basteleien Mathematische Basteleien: Topics include Flexagon, Soma Cube, Pentominos, Cube-it, Rubik's Cube, Froebel's Star, Tangram, House of Santa Claus, Chronogram, Numeric Palindromes, Latticework of Letters. English/German. (Recreations) http://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/ Mathmos Mathmos: Includes puzzles, jokes, quotations, poetry, and FAQs. (Recreations) http://www.mathmos.net/ Math in the Movies Math in the Movies: A guide to major motion pictures with scenes of real mathematics. (Recreations) http://world.std.com/~reinhold/mathmovies.html The Sound of Mathematics The Sound of Mathematics: Algorithmic music determined by mathematics and by the musical preferences of a human. General MIDI files. (Recreations) http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/9349/ Mathematics Museum (Japan) Mathematics Museum (Japan): At Mathematics Museum (Japan) you would be surprised how interesting mathematics is. You will find exhibition rooms produced by Japanese researchers and educators. (Recreations) http://mathmuse.sci.ibaraki.ac.jp/indexE.html The Aesthetics of Symmetry The Aesthetics of Symmetry: A brief digression into how people perceive symmetrical patterns -- what makes them boring, interesting, or overly intricate (Recreations) http://home.earthlink.net/~jdc24/symmetry.htm Maze Classification and Algorithms Maze Classification and Algorithms: A short description of mazes and how to create them. Definition of different mazetypes and their algorithms. (Recreations) http://www.astrolog.org/labyrnth/algrithm.htm Narcissistic Numbers Narcissistic Numbers: Those that are representable, in some way, by mathematically manipulating the digits of the numbers themselves. (Recreations) http://www.geocities.com/~harveyh/narciss.htm MAT 007 I News MAT 007 I News: A newsletter edited by undergraduates of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Toronto. Includes some online copies. (Recreations) http://www.math.toronto.edu/007/ Mathematik Mathematik: Individual pages on different topics in Mathematics. Examples : group theory, dynamical systems theory, geometry or number theory. (Recreations) http://www.mathematik.com/ On the Puzzles with Polyhedra and Numbers On the Puzzles with Polyhedra and Numbers: This is an article on a set of didactical games edited by the Portuguese Mathematical Society (SPM). (Recreations) http://gfm.cii.fc.ul.pt/Members/jr_poliedros-puzzles_en.pdf Mathematical Fiction Mathematical Fiction: A list of mathematical fictional movies, books, stories, plays and shows. Split into categories including children's books. Can be sorted by mathematical content and literary quality. (Recreations) http://math.cofc.edu/faculty/kasman/MATHFICT/Default.html Recreational Mathematics Topics Recreational Mathematics Topics: By Steven Dutch. Symmetry, Crystals, Polyhedra and Tilings; Pythagorean triplets and other things about sums of powers; Geometry Classics. (Recreations) http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/RECMATH/recmath.htm The Diamond 16 Puzzle The Diamond 16 Puzzle: New version of the classic puzzle using row/column/quadrant permutations to display symmetries of graphic designs. Has link to a site on the underlying mathematics (Diamond Theory). (Recreations) http://m759.freeservers.com/puzzle.html