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Look and Say Sequence Generator
Creates a special kind of summation formula created by John Conway.
http://www.btinternet.com/~se16/js/looknsa...
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.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/library/SpecColl/st...
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.
http://m759.freeservers.com/PHaesthetics.h...
Mathematical Quotation Server
A collection of mathematical quotations culled from many sources. You may conduct a keyword search through the quotation database.
http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mquot.htm...
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.
http://mathmuse.sci.ibaraki.ac.jp/indexE.h...
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.
http://mathforum.org/~judyann/2001/
Math Forum: Algebra Problem of the Week
A weekly interactive project for algebra on the Internet. Challenging problems are posted and solutions appear on the Web.
http://mathforum.org/algpow/
Mathmos
Includes puzzles, jokes, quotations, poetry, and FAQs.
http://www.mathmos.net/
Number Recreations by Shyam Sunder Gupta
Features interesting facts about different numbers. Includes favorite related links.
http://www.shyamsundergupta.com/
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.
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/companies/apt/ms...
Mathematik
Individual pages on different topics in Mathematics. Examples : group theory, dynamical systems theory, geometry or number theory.
http://www.mathematik.com/
CuriousMath
Include news, math tricks, methods, facts, trivia, mostly posted by users.
http://www.curiousmath.com/
HAKMEM
A collection of problems from MIT. Work reported herein was conducted at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology research program.
http://www.inwap.com/pdp10/hbaker/hakmem/h...
Mathematical Problems - Problem Solving
Mathematics Hots (Problems) by Bruno Kevius
http://mathres.kevius.com/problem.html
Math in the Movies
A guide to major motion pictures with scenes of real mathematics.
http://world.std.com/~reinhold/mathmovies....
Wade Edward Philpott Collection
A special collection at the University of Calgary Library.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/library/SpecColl/ph...
One Metaphor Fits All
Explains Conway's audioactive decay that is generated by a particular kind of sequence. Includes illustrations and related resources.
http://www.btinternet.com/~se16/mhi/
Final Answers
Numerous facts including formulas, magic tricks, fallacies, recreations compiled by Dr. Gerald P. Michon.
http://home.att.net/~numericana/answer/
Eureka
The annual journal of the Archimedeans, the mathematical society of the University of Cambridge. It regularly contains articles on recreational mathematics.
http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/ar...
Famous Curves
Visual animations of famous curves.
http://www.geocities.com/famouscurves/
Wade Edward Philpott
Profile and description of his mathematical games and puzzles.
http://www.gamepuzzles.com/wade.htm
Recreational Mathematics (David Eppstein)
An extensive list of web resources for recreational math.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/recmath.h...
Spirograph
A java applet for creating Spirograph images.
http://dogbomb.com/spi/
Aesthetics of Symmetry
A numerical rating system to judge the visual impact and aesthetics of various motifs operated upon by symmetrical transformations.
http://home.earthlink.net/~jdc24/symmetry....
Diamond 16 Puzzle
Rearrange rows, columns, and quadrants in a 4x4 array of 2-color squares to solve the puzzle and to make a variety of symmetric designs.
http://m759.freeservers.com/puzzle.html
Who Can Name the Bigger Number?
An essay by Scott Aaronson on the quest for ever-bigger numbers, from exponentials to Busy Beavers.
http://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/bign...
Mudd Math Fun Facts
Learn some interesting facts about math.
http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/
Gardner Index
Rough index to the fifteen books containing Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games articles from Scientific American.
http://www.ms.uky.edu/~lee/ma502/gardner5/...
Maze Classification and Algorithms
A short description of mazes and how to create them. Definition of different mazetypes and their algorithms.
http://www.astrolog.org/labyrnth/algrithm....
MAA Library List in Recreational Mathematics
Book list split into categories. Includes title, author, publisher and date information about each book.
http://www.maa.org/BLL/recmath.htm
Spirocharts
A windows application that creates mathematically precise spirograph drawings; savable as images.
http://www.nehuenmultimedia.com.ar/html/sp...
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, and Mathemagical Black Holes.
http://members.aol.com/DrMWEcker/REC.html
Properties of Dice
Polyhedral dice and their properties.
http://hjem.get2net.dk/Klaudius/Dice.htm
On the Puzzles with Polyhedra and Numbers
This is an article on a set of didactical games edited by the Portuguese Mathematical Society (SPM).
http://gfm.cii.fc.ul.pt/Members/jr_poliedr...
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?"
http://www.york.cuny.edu/~malk/tidbits/tid...
Recreational Mathematics Forum
A forum for posting messages about math recreations. Hosted at Delphi.
http://forums.delphiforums.com/recmath/sta...
Mathematics in Art and Architecture
An interdisciplinary course on mathematics in art and architecture.
http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teachi...
Mathematical Quotation Server
Only mathematical quotations.
http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mqs/mquot...
Mathematical Diversions
Mostly original diversions in mathematics and word play.
http://members.aol.com/s6sj7gt/mikehome.ht...
Skytopia - Super Magnet
A colourful world built entirely using mathematical atoms and molecules. Pictures and animations demonstrate structures colliding and interacting. Animated GIF demonstrations.
http://www.skytopia.com/project/magnet/mag...
Recreational Mathematics
Links collected at CAMEL, the Canadian Mathematical Society website.
http://camel.math.ca/Recreation/recreation...
Rubik Math
Mathematics of the Rubik's cube
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~wdj/rubik_nts.ht...
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.
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/...
Mathematical Induction
A page of uncommon problems, most closely connected with number theory.
http://www.math.cl/induction.html
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).
http://www.alpertron.com.ar/CUADRO.HTM
Narcissistic Numbers
Those that are representable, in some way, by mathematically manipulating the digits of the numbers themselves.
http://www.geocities.com/~harveyh/narciss....
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.
http://mathforum.org/~judyann/2002/
Recmath
Includes pages on magic squares and polyomino patterns and contains related java applets.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/diharper/
Sportlab
Combines high school and college math topics into sports applications.
http://www.geocities.com/sportlab/
David Singmaster: List of Available Material
Teaching and recreational items in this personal collection.
http://anduin.eldar.org/~problemi/singmast...
Origami Mathematics
Information on the mathematics of paper folding.
http://web.merrimack.edu/~thull/OrigamiMat...
SimonSingh.net
Home of Simon Singh: author, journalist and TV producer, specialising in science and mathematics. Cryptography is one of his specialties, and his site has a lot of educational and fun content about codes and codebreaking.
http://www.simonsingh.net/
Critical Math
Articles and images on recreational math from fractals and magic squares to mathemorchids and Galois.
http://web.onetel.com/~amygdala/articles/s...
Fibonacijevi Brojevi i Paskalov Trougao
Relacije izmedju Paskalovog trougla i Fibonacijevih i Lukasovih brojeva. Fibonacijevi brojevi i zlatni presek. Paskalov trougao drugog reda.
http://milan.milanovic.org/math/
Fun With Mathematics
Includes pages on the topics of primes, fibonacci numbers, PI computation, data encryption and links to calculator programs.
http://www.geocities.com/hjsmithh/
On Roman Numerals
Check out the roman numeral converter.
http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers...
Recreational Mathematics Topics
By Steven Dutch. Symmetry, Crystals, Polyhedra and Tilings; Pythagorean triplets and other things about sums of powers; Geometry Classics.
http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/RECMATH/recmath...
Mathematical Lego Sculptures
Designed and built by Andrew Lipson. Images and LDraw files.
http://www.andrewlipson.com/mathlego.htm
Cryptarithms Online
70 brain-teasers; a Primer on Cryptarithmetic; books and links to alphametics on the Web.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/2160...
Iamond
A page on polyiamond puzzles. Includes many pages on tessellation.
http://www.mathpuzzle.com/iamond.htm
Treasure Troves : Book List
Book list including titles, authors, publishers, prices, page count and some have links to Amazon.com.
http://www.treasure-troves.com/books/Recre...
Fast Arithmetic Tips
Three categories: defensive - know to check an answer, offensive - fast mental calculations, and math magic.
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/arithmetic/rap...
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.
http://math.cofc.edu/faculty/kasman/MATHFI...
Back to Square One
Includes description, solutions and other resources on this cube-like puzzle.
http://www.geocities.com/jaapsch/puzzles/s...
Mathematische Basteleien
Eine Sammlung von mathematischen Basteleien zu unterschiedlichen geometrischen Themen.
http://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/
Sir Roger Penrose
A article about him and his interests and contributions to recreational mathematics.
http://www.worldofescher.com/misc/penrose....
The Nine Digits Page
Puzzles and problems connected with numbers using the digits 1-9.
http://www.worldofnumbers.com/ninedig1.htm
The Sound of Mathematics
Algorithmic music determined by mathematics and by the musical preferences of a human. General MIDI files.
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/9349/
MAT 007 I News
A newsletter edited by undergraduates of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Toronto. Includes some online copies.
http://www.math.toronto.edu/007/
Fair Dice
Contains a complete list of all possible Fair Dice, most of which are not cubes. Includes pictures.
http://www.mathpuzzle.com/Fairdice.htm
Math Magic By Computer
Interactive java puzzles and activities in different mathematical topics.
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/ind...
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.
http://www.geocities.com/windmill96/numrec...
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.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Han...
Stunning Friends with Math Magic
A collection of card tricks, number guessing games, paper and glue magic, and other math exercises.
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/arithmetic/rap...
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