Month: March 2019

Both Methods (I) & (II) below does not use Algebra, which is not taught to primary school kids until secondary school (above 12 or 13 years old).

(I) Ancient Chinese Arithmetic Method:

例2：The sister is 13 years old this year, while the brother is 9 years old.
When the total of their ages is 40, how old will they be?

【这位妈妈太绝了！竟把小学6年奥数化为13句口诀】

Trick: Age difference does not change over time, they + or – in tandem. When 2 ages change, the multiple between them also changes.

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(II) Singapore Modeling Math:

［例2］

Compare the Ancient Chinese Arithmetic (I) & Singapore Modeling Math (II):

• (II) is better for young kids to understand visually the logic behind,
• (I) is more a memorised trick but poor math education pedagogy. In [例 2] it is very hard for kids to understand why the 2 steps (40+4) & (40 – 4), although they lead to…

Different Maths:
1. English (UK/USA) Math is playfully tricky (Math Olympiad, Math Puzzles eg. this Numberpile video)

2. French Math is abstractly theoretical (Group theory explains Symmetry, Rubik’s cube game,… )

3. Chinese Math (Abacus, “Chicken-Rabbits Problem” 鸡兔问题, Singapore Modeling Math) is applied & procedural (明朝 13CE invented “Determinant” 行列式 before the 19th CE “Matrix” by UK Sylvester，Chinese Remainder Theorem 韩信点兵).

4. Indian Math (Vedic Math , Factorization, Ramanujian-Style Math) is mysteriously spiritual.

https://theconversation.com/i-build-mathematical-programs-that-could-discover-the-drugs-of-the-future-110689?from=timeline

Advanced Mathematical Methods with AI is a powerful tool:

• Algebraic Topology (Persistent Homology)
• Differential Geometry
• Graph Theory

https://sinews.siam.org/Details-Page/mathematical-molecular-bioscience-and-biophysics-1

Mathematics and quantitative finance, France

Since 1990, there have been 22 winners of the Fields Medal, widely regarded as the Nobel Prize of mathematics. Thirteen came from just two countries, Russia and France. Russia has more winners (seven), but more than twice the population, so the honours go to France, with six winners.

Cédric Villani, the 2010 Fields Medallist, cited national character. “Maths is an abstract way of looking at the world, which fits well with the French mentality. We apply algebra to everything.” Elite institutions help too. France’s brightest school leavers progress to the grandes écoles, which traditionally educate top scientists, administrators and presidents. For maths, you want Monsieur Villani’s alma mater, the École Normale Supérieure (ENS). All 10 French Fields Medallists learnt there. At ENS, no teacher can stay longer than 10 years. Instead of ancient dons, students get tutors at the forefront…

Urbain Le Verrier, Who Discovered Neptune

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/03/11/happy-birthday-to-urbain-le-verrier-who-discovered-neptune-with-math-alone/

Example:
4% of 75 = 75% of 4

Mental Steps:
75 x 4 – > 300 – > / 100 – > ＝ 3 (ANS. )
Is it easier ?

The Foundation of Modern Math which is based on the “Set Theory”, hit a crisis due to Bertrand Russell “Barber’s Paradox”, until the Zermelo-Fraenkel Axioms came to its rescue.

Here is a humorous example of an ISP Internet Plan violating the 9 Z-F Axioms:

How ISPs Violate the Laws of Mathematics:

Video:

Answer to Why can humans understand abstract mathematics if such things were never needed in our ancestral environment? Is it a fluke?

Challenge: Put ’15’ and ’14’ in the right sequence (Impossible! )

以下无解：群论

“Essential mathematical GIFs that will make mathematics finally make sense” by Ali Kayaspor https://link.medium.com/z1nWgHm9GU

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