Explaining, convincing and proving

  • Transitivity
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    Transitivity

    Suppose A always beats B and B always beats C, then would you expect A to beat C? Not always! What seems obvious is not always true. Results always need to be proved in mathematics.

  • Continued Fractions II
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    Continued Fractions II

    In this article we show that every whole number can be written as a continued fraction of the form k/(1+k/(1+k/...)).

  • Fractional Calculus III
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    Fractional Calculus III

    Fractional calculus is a generalisation of ordinary calculus where you can differentiate n times when n is not a whole number.

  • Euler's Formula and Topology
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    Euler's Formula and Topology

    Here is a proof of Euler's formula in the plane and on a sphere together with projects to explore cases of the formula for a polygon with holes, for the torus and other solids with holes and the relationship between Euler's formula and angle deficiency of polyhedra.

  • Euclid's Algorithm II
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    Euclid's Algorithm II

    We continue the discussion given in Euclid's Algorithm I, and here we shall discover when an equation of the form ax+by=c has no solutions, and when it has infinitely many solutions.