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Reference Topics 10-1

May 22, 2024July 15, 2015 by elaine

These sites give an overview of logarithm:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbasehttps://www.dhttps://www.desmos.com/calculator/ewlhj8j9dfesmos.com/calculator/ewlhj8j9df/logm.html

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Reference Topics 10-2

July 15, 2015 by elaine

This site gives some examples of solving logarithmic equations:
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/solvelog.htm

This site gives practice solving logarithmic equations:
http://www.analyzemath.com/LogEqTest/Tutorials.html… See the whole entry

Reference Topics 9-3

June 3, 2024July 14, 2015 by elaine

This site investigates the four-color problem:
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/The_four_colour_theorem/

A beautiful gallery of fractal designs are found on these sites:
http://fractals.hauner.cz/1

This site shows the colorful answer to Problems 24 and 25:
http://reglos.de/pentominos/

This site has many links:
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/fractals/

This site discusses … See the whole entry

Reference Topics 9-1

May 21, 2024July 14, 2015 by elaine

An historical reference, along with a solution and interesting links for the Konigsberg bridge problem is found at this site:
http://mathforum.org/isaac/problems/bridgesol1.html

This site provides a thorough overview of the Traveling Salesperson Problem (TSP):
http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/travelingSalesman.html

This site provides Graph Theory tutorials:… See the whole entry

Reference Topics 9-2

September 1, 2024July 14, 2015 by elaine

A historical reference, along with a solution and interesting links for the Konigsberg bridge problem is found at this site: https:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-seven-bridges-of-koenigsberg-spawned-new-math/

This site provides a nice discussion of minimum spanning trees.
http://www.people.vcu.edu/~gasmerom/MAT131/mst.html

This is a nice interactive demonstration of … See the whole entry

Reference Topics 8-2

November 26, 2018July 14, 2015 by elaine

The international system of weights and measures (by Russ Rowlett) can be found here:
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/sipm.html

The book Flatland (suggested as a book report at the end of the chapter) can be found online at:
http://www.alcyone.com/max/lit/flatland/… See the whole entry

The following sites have previously been listed in the history links, but they are interesting enough that they are repeated here in the reference section so that you do not miss them. This is one of the best all around … See the whole entry

Reference Topics 8-4

March 25, 2025July 14, 2015 by elaine

“Go Metric,” a site by the U.S. Metric Association; there is a lot at this site:
http://www.usma.org/learn

Unit conversions:
https://www.conversion-metric.org/

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Reference Topics 8-5

March 25, 2025July 14, 2015 by elaine

“Go Metric,” a site by the U.S. Metric Association; there is a lot at this site:
https://usma.org/teach

The following two sites are dictionaries of units of measurement:
This site has many nice links to other sites.
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/index.html

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Reference Topics 8-1

May 21, 2024July 14, 2015 by elaine

The international system of weights and measures (Historical Document) can be found here:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-C13-7bce1f6babbcbb82fe740fbde6ff1738/pdf/GOVPUB-C13-7bce1f6babbcbb82fe740fbde6ff1738.pdf

The book Flatland (suggested as a book report at the end of the chapter) can be found online at:
http://www.alcyone.com/max/lit/flatland/

A very useful dictionary of units … See the whole entry