The mathematical arts, also called the quadrivium and liberal arts of quantity or number, are arithmetic, geometry, harmony, and astronomy. Nicomachus tells us that arithmetic comes first, since “…the others logically presuppose it.” And “The universe seems to have been created using numbers. It is fitting, therefore, that numbers are harmoniously fitted together.” So understanding […]
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A couple of weeks ago I reminded you that patterns allow us to predict outcomes in the world around us. Whether the outcome is as simple as the total cost of buying multiple items at a store or as complicated as calculating the height that a ball reached when thrown, we can use mathematical models
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Logic has surfaced in all of my math classes this past week. I know that technically there is a logic class at Scio, albeit not live, so it shouldn’t surprise me, but I’m still pleasantly surprised to find logic alive and strong in my math students. How did this happen, you may ask? Graphing. In
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It’s the fifth Monday of September, which means we resurrect a blog post from the past for your perusal. There’s a good chance that you’ve not read this and that I need to read it again. This week’s blog post is from September 2021 and explores the topic of rhetoric. While we don’t teach rhetoric
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Infinity came up this past week in our classes, as we were studying set notation. Even the smallest thing in mathematics can remind us that God exists. In set notation we have this weird sub language of solution groups that look something like this: x∊{(3,5]}. Let me explain what this means a bit: x :
