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Looking for an educational game from long ago, possibly called Mother Goose

OK so this is really old school. Back in the 1980s, as a latchkey kid, I played on the computers in the library in elementary and middle school. There was this one bizarre educational game that I'd ...
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How to test student's skills in programming or using software?

I am going to teach an undergraduate statistics course next year. My plan is to spend less time on theory and a more time on teaching students to doing some statistics on computer. However, this ...
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Does the row space contains everything orthogonal to the nullspace in linear algebra? [closed]

Does the row space contains everything orthogonal to the nullspace in linear algebra? In chapter3 of Gilbert Strang's linear algebra and its applications (4th edition) ，about orthogonal vectors and ...
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Example of why proof by exhaustion is inelegant

There's a nice example of why people dislike proof by exhaustion on the Wikipedia page. The problem statement is "prove that all years in which the Modern Olympics are held are divisible by 4&...
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What's a good notation to show elements of relation composition?

Teaching discrete mathematics, we pose (from the textbook) questions on finding compositions of relations, notably, relations on very small finite sets with only 3 or 4 elements (as an introductory ...
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Modulo operator operations [closed]

Ok so I have this equation ((M % a) % b)=((M % b) % a) where M is some positive integer. Now I need a equation something like <...
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Study multiple subjects at the same time or deep dive into one?

I want to learn probability theory and discrete math. However, I also need to brush up on computational calculus and linear algebra. Would you recommend only studying one subject at a more intense ...
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Looking for a collaborative drawing solution

Preparing for a class I teach this summer and stumbled upon a technology problem. I want to show my students a graph, ask students to annotate it privately (eg mark mean on a histogram) and then ...
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manual solutions to graduate textbooks [closed]

Where can I find manual solution for textbooks like Advanced Linear Algebra by Rotman or Introduction to Smooth manifolds by Lee? any help would be appreciated
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Calculus limits taught in the US vs Spain?

So, I realize this can be a broad question, so I'll narrow it down. I have lived in Spain and own several Math textbooks from that country (the equivalent of 8th grade and high school Math). Has ...
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That is, I prefer to do less talking to give the student(s) more time to practice ... 2answers 183 views Should I do all the proof practice problems in How to Prove It, an intro to proofs book? Like the title says. I am self studying intro to proofs(How to prove it by velleman) so I can start an introduction to analysis. I am wondering if I should complete all the exercises in the textbook(... 7answers 271 views Should I avoid writing:  11:40 - 15 \text{ min} = 11:25, and what are alternatives to this way of writing? I want to stress to my students that we should be careful with how we treat the equals sign and that we should always make sure that the units match. However, sometimes I write  11:40 - 15 \text{ min}... 0answers 143 views Parkour and Mathematical Practice? Learning mathematics and learning parkour seem to have a lot in common. 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Some students are prone to making small calculation errors. Not errors in understanding, but errors like adding or multiplying integers incorrectly, or dropping a negative sign. Unsystematic errors in ... 1answer 323 views Grade on proving |a_1 +a_2+…+a_n| \le |a_1|+|a_2|+… +|a_n| In an Advanced Calculus course, students were asked to prove$$|a_1 +a_2+...+a_n| \le |a_1|+|a_2|+... +|a_n| for $n$ real numbers $a_1,a_2,...a_n$ I am teaching assistant for this course, and one of ...
Mathematics Educators. I'm having a difficult time understanding modular arithmetic (particularly its applications for proof writing). I understand very well the basics. I know that $a\equiv b \pmod n$...