Mathematics

College & Christmas

 Christmas is coming and with it is college application finalizations. Most college applications are probably submitted by now, but then come of the post application requirements. The official transcripts need to be sent, letters of recommendation, scholarship applications, and a host of other documents that serve to give a college a clear understanding of who […]

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The Mathematical Arts

The first three liberal arts focus on language and literature. We spend the vast majority of our years learning to read, write, and speak. Then come with the quadrivium. The mathematical arts as it were, arithmetic, geometry, harmony, and astronomy. Nicomachus tells us that the last three arts, geometry, harmony, and astronomy flow out of

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Infinity

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 :

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