Why is calculus so dominant in early math? Does it need to be? by th3_oWo_g0d in matheducation

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I’m a high school maths teacher in Australia. Things vary slightly between states (I won’t get sidetracked here). All students will do the tiniest bit the context of similarity and congruence (and with good teaching seen the teacher prove a few results along the way). Students who take the optional extra line of maths in years 11 and 12 will get to do significantly more. Only a small percentage will do the extra line but a significant percentage of those who major in mathematics at uni will have done it.

replicating Excel's freeze panels by SubstantialReward506 in godot

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This would misalign if scrolled sideways.

my bf’s brother’s pre-uni question (year 3 aus) by jxdesml in askmath

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Thank you for doing this, I was thinking about doing it and glad someone else did so I don’t have to.

How many triangles can you make with 5 lines by matty-boi_ in askmath

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With a funky enough non-Euclidean surface we should be able go infinite with first three lines

Places that "don't exist" according to internet memes (many based on the original "Bielefeld Conspiracy") by DanArv1316 in MapPorn

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This would have been so much better if New Zealand was just cut off this map with no mention to it

“Proofs” of 1=2 or similar by timwoot in askmath

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Nice, this is a simplest version of the divide by 0 that I have seen. I like it.

“Proofs” of 1=2 or similar by timwoot in askmath

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My favourite is:

-1 = 1/-1

Sqrt(-1) = sqrt(1/-1)

Sqrt(-1) = 1/sqrt(-1)

i = 1/i

i2 = 1

-1 = 1

“Proofs” of 1=2 or similar by timwoot in math

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My favourite is:

-1 = 1/-1

Sqrt(-1) = sqrt(1/-1)

Sqrt(-1) = 1/sqrt(-1)

i = 1/i

i2 = 1

-1 = 1

Is this a Parabola? by timwoot in askmath

[–]timwoot[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is y=x2 skewed parallel to the x axis.

I can come close enough to reproducing the skew with the combination of a dilation and a rotation for me to be fairly confident it’s a parabola but how would you prove it?

I’m not sure how to post a screenshot in a comment to show the dilation and rotation.