The personal weblog of Ian Luke Kane. Thoughts on mathematics, logic, and life. The beauty therein and the strangeness of it all.
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I must confess that I’ve never learned to use an abacus (or a slide rule, for that matter). I came across the following video, and thought that it would act as another great view into the wonderful world of mental math. It’s quite tremendous what the human brain is capable of. Check it out:
There are a few math stories that I tell rather often, and this is my favorite of the bunch. Other people seem to…
Welcome to the 37th edition of the Carnival of Mathematics!
In preparation for this edition, I actually managed to secure an…
I came across this article today on Science Daily that talks about the Pirahã, which, according to Wikipedia, are…
A friend let me know quite a while ago about this story presented on NPR’s site entitled “Mathematicians Explain Tape’s Tendency…
I spent some time today reinstalling the LaTex Render plugin for Wordpress. I’ll now be able to put some wonderful looking 
graphics into the blog. I’d like to thank Steve…
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