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My Ten Favorite (Undergraduate Accessible) Sites for Recreational Mathematics:

10. An excellent site to learn more about primes for students of various backgrounds.

http://www.utm.edu/research/primes

9. The Fibonacci Numbers are easy to define but never seem to run out new properties waiting to be discovered.  This is a nice site devoted to them.

http://alas.matf.bg.ac.yu/~mm97106/math/fibo/fibo.htm

8. The number Pi also seems a common source of both interest and wonder.  This site has plenty of links devoted to that constant, many of which require little knowledge to enjoy.  Unfortunately, it talks.  What were they thinking?  Keep the volume down.

http://www.cecm.sfu.ca/pi/

7. This page has a nice library, indexed by subject.  Plus Steven Wolfram is just really cool.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

6. This small site contains nice answers to many questions undergraduates seem to be interested in.

http://archives.math.utk.edu/topics/index.html

5. This site is great for the non-Mathematician designed to correct common misconceptions. They also have some intelligent reviews.

http://www.mathmistakes.com/

4. This site is a collection of many of the more graphical Mathematics links.  Be sure to check out the Mathematician trading cards if you visit.

http://camel.math.ca/Recreation/kabol/knotlinks.html

3. This is a good place for people to learn about the many different branches in Mathematics and even read some results in certain areas.

http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known-math/

2. I found this site packed with fun reading.  There is a really nice section on some interesting constants which arise in different areas of Mathematics.

http://www.mathsoft.com/mathresources/constants/wellknown/0,,0,00.html

1. My favorite Mathematical website of all.  I love to use material from here to help get my Calculus students more excited about the subject.  I hope my love of this page doesn't mean I am more of a historian than Mathematician.

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/

 

 


David Nacin


This page was updated February 22, 2005.