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Category: Math

Doughnut Price is a Topological Invariant (and 13 other math cartoons)

More math jokes than the median human can tolerate.

Ben Orlin Cartoons, Math 14 Comments December 4, 2017December 4, 2017 1 Minute

A World Without the Number 6

Highlights from this week in math.

Ben Orlin Math 7 Comments October 30, 2017October 30, 2017 2 Minutes

Insatiable for Updates

Cartoons, links, and the updates you and your computer are hungry for.

Ben Orlin Math 1 Comment October 9, 2017October 8, 2017 1 Minute

The Fortune of Mathematicians

A breathless summary of an intense mathematical week.

Ben Orlin Math 5 Comments October 2, 2017October 5, 2017 1 Minute

A Probability Puzzle That You’ll Get Wrong

Cartoons, links, and a truly nefarious brainteaser.

Ben Orlin Math 19 Comments September 25, 2017September 24, 2017 2 Minutes

A Symphony with an Irrational Time Signature

Why intuition matters, why math music rules, and why you should argue with strangers on the internet.

Ben Orlin Math 5 Comments September 18, 2017September 20, 2017 1 Minute

There Is No Perfect Teacher (Just a Bunch of Great Ones)

I came away convinced that there's no one way to teach mathematics, that our methods are necessarily as diverse as our goals.

Ben Orlin Math 13 Comments September 6, 2017September 5, 2017 4 Minutes

Three Rules for Tackling a World-Famous Math Problem

Andrew Wiles solved a 350-year-old problem. Now he's got advice for us mortals.

Ben Orlin Math 12 Comments August 16, 2017August 14, 2017 3 Minutes

Never Buy Two Lottery Tickets

A little cartoon gambling advice.

Ben Orlin Cartoons, Math 29 Comments July 26, 2017July 26, 2017 1 Minute

Is Algebra Just a Series of Footnotes to the Distributive Property?

From basic arithmetic to that proof I read last week.

Ben Orlin Math 14 Comments May 31, 2017May 30, 2017 3 Minutes

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