User Joseph O'Rourke - Mathematics Educators Stack Exchange

Joseph O'Rourke

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Reason behind the dominance of particular countries in the IMO (International Mathematical Olympiad)

answered Jan 3, 2017 at 2:12

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Number theory for self-study students: books and computer languages

answered Jan 20, 2017 at 23:49

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Looking for a HIERARCHY of math subjects

answered May 20, 2020 at 17:00

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Why do we still teach the determinant formula for cross product? And is it as bad as I think it is?

answered Feb 3, 2021 at 14:12

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Geometrical approaches in algebra

answered Mar 18 at 23:44

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Statistics, for the mathematically rigorous

answered Dec 12, 2020 at 2:31

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Definition of equation vs. expression vs. polynomial

answered Dec 23, 2020 at 22:57

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Teaching Mathematics to a Machine Learning Class

answered Jun 17, 2021 at 12:49

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topics for an undergraduate Math seminar

answered Feb 1, 2017 at 15:26

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Looking for examples from the MCMC family of ideas

answered Jan 4, 2017 at 1:58

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Geometric intuition for $D(e^x) = e^x$

answered Nov 5, 2016 at 23:07

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What books are like Knuth's Surreal Numbers?

answered Mar 4, 2016 at 0:50

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Physical vs. Virtual manipulatives in the high school classroom

answered Mar 8, 2016 at 0:32

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Learning operator priorities by drawing trees

answered Jul 9, 2017 at 0:28

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Styles of visualization in geometry

answered Mar 17, 2017 at 23:34

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Examples of arithmetic and geometric sequences and series in daily life

answered Mar 19, 2017 at 2:34

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Applications of notable points and lines of a triangle

answered Nov 9, 2017 at 0:53

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Favorite datasets to use when teaching statistics

answered Jan 29, 2019 at 0:05

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When teaching someone how to prove a function is uniformly continuous, using epsilon/delta, which example would be among the simplest?

answered Mar 3, 2019 at 0:38

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List of realistic extremum problems

answered Oct 26, 2018 at 23:00

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How to teach linear programming and reductions?

answered Dec 7, 2019 at 3:15

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How to show $3(\log_2 n)^5 < \sqrt{n}$

answered Sep 10, 2019 at 11:57

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Examples of application problems of coordinate geometry in the complex plane?

answered Aug 6, 2019 at 22:44

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Writing a Calculus textbook for a course I am creating

answered Aug 12, 2019 at 23:05

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Will there ever be a revision of Common Core?

answered Aug 21, 2019 at 15:22

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Becoming a better instructor: where to start?

answered Aug 3, 2019 at 12:45

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Complex analysis (Applied versus pure)

answered Oct 6, 2014 at 1:47

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The impact of dyslexia on learning mathematics, and available resources

answered Apr 19, 2014 at 0:40

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Use of symbolic math apps in teaching

answered Feb 28, 2015 at 15:09

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Teaching geometric transformations through fractals?

answered Mar 26, 2015 at 10:50

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