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The Geometer's Sketchpad 5.0 (Mac)

With a scope that spans the mathematics curriculum from middle school to college, The Geometer's Sketchpad brings a powerful dimension to the study of mathematics. Sketchpad is a dynamic construction and exploration tool that enables students to explore and understand mathematics in ways that are simply not possible with traditional...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mathematics, Tool, Key Curriculum Press, Geometer, Sketchpad 5.0, Productivity

Software downloads 2009-11-13

End-to-end encryption is the key to protecting data and reputations

Secure systemsIt all starts by using best practices and not re-inventing the wheel.

Tags: End-to-End Encryption

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics 1.0 (Mobile)

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics is authoritative and reliable; this is the ideal reference guide for students of mathematics at school or in the first year at university. Many entries have been added, expanding coverage in the area of computing, including entries on linear algebra, optimization, nonlinear equations, and...

Tags: Mobile, Mathematics

Software downloads 2009-09-28

Sagemath 4.1.1 (Windows)

Sage can be used to study general and advanced, pure and applied mathematics. This includes a huge range of mathematics, including algebra, calculus, elementary to very advanced number theory, cryptography, numerical computation, commutative algebra, group theory, combinatorics, graph theory, exact linear algebra and much more. It combines various software packages...

Tags: Theory, Mathematics, Microsoft Windows, Algebra, Sage Foundation, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Software downloads 2009-08-28

Sometimes it takes a thousand words

Once upon a time... I spent about three months working nearly full time with five juniors putting together a set of interlocking business process and applications models for a client. The results were beautiful: three fat binders filled with wonderfully clear IEW drawings lovingly printed on a QMS Color laser...

Tags: Client, Mathematics, Modeling, Research & Development, Team Management, Business Operations, Management, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-05-06

Difference Engine No. 2

Considered one of the most startling achievements of the 19th century, Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2 has come to life 150 years later. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi visits the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., to see the machine in action and meet the men who turned Babbage's...

Tags: News, charles babbage engine no. 2, kara tsuboi, jared kohler, computer history museum, victorian, invention, mathematics, Productivity

Videos 2008-05-02

Drawing Undivided Attention in Undergrad Mathematics

Jonathan Lewin, a professor of mathematics at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, was missing part of the equation. Lewin was looking for a simple drawing program that worked seamlessly with Scientific WorkPlace, a word processor that supports mathematical symbols. Professor Lewin also wanted a program that would allow to draw...

Tags: Professor, Mathematics, SmartDraw, Word Processors, Software

Case studies 2008-02-13

CAD software leads to faster chips

Even if some scientists want to replace silicon by carbon to create faster computer chips, other researchers are developing faster integrated circuits from silicon by simply using computer-aided design CAD software based on better mathematical algorithms than commercial software. A UCLA team has shown that it is possible to reduce...

Tags: University Of California At Los Angeles, Node, Mathematics, Chip, UCLA Team, CAD, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Software, Hardware, Networking, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-12-23

Why Mathematica violates basic rules of math conduct

In an editorial published by the American Mathematical Society, mathematicians from the US Naval Academy and the University of Washington noted that, because so much mathematical research is now conducted using proprietary software like Mathematica, much of the ability to meaningfully review such research is being lost. As the...

Tags: Software, Mathematics, Mathematician, Tools & Techniques, Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-11-19

Pondering Google 2.0: How will it get to $100 billion in revenue?

Google is projected by Wall Street to have annual revenue of $15.7 billion in 2008 and $19 billion in 2009. But the ambitions are higher--more like $100 billion in annual revenue. The big question: How will Google get there? That question is being addressed in a report by Stephen...

Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Idea, Math, Mathematics, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., eBay Inc., Stephen Arnold, Bigtable, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-26

Is software a form of applied mathematics?

Is software a form of applied mathematics?Eh??!?!?!!Maple is a tree.Mathematica is a typo (those "A" and "S" are just too close...);-)Not quite rightBoth M's are symbolic manipulators built on other languages.That doesn't mean they're not scripting languages, it does mean they differ in nature from APL.Maple and Mathematica not computer...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, patent, computer language, software, mathematics, MAPLE, Mathematica

Discussion threads 2007-06-04

Is software a form of applied mathematics?

Last week's licensing discussions sprouted an interesting, if off topic, thread on a number of computer language related issues. One of the issues raised strikes me as fairly fundamental: is software a form of applied mathematics?Here's how occasional contributor b3timmons stated one side of this argument in response to...

Tags: Development

Blog posts 2007-06-04

Images: Massive mathematics

Examples of a mathematical structure similar to E8, which a team solved using 60GB of data.

Tags: mathematics, team

Image galleries 2007-03-19

If calculators=Chuck E. Cheese employee, then computers=?

If calculators=Chuck E. Cheese employee, then computers=?writing utensilsA good article, generally, and a view I can support from first appreciations in using computers widely in a research laboratory very-long-ago-when-their-availability-was-new.But I would like to ask. Why the prejudice among math-based types against pens?I remember leading my class long ago in...

Tags: mathematics, pen

Discussion threads 2007-02-02

MATRIX grant puts Palms in hands of 7th and 8th graders

What can a little money do for public school math and technology programs? At Red Bank Middle School in New Jersey, a grant for promoting the use of mathematics and technology proved to be a boon, reports the Hub. The $400,000 MATRIX grant...

Tags: Education Technology, K-12

Blog posts 2006-11-08

Mathemagic 4 (Windows)

Mathemagic is an interactive mathematics game that was designed according to junior school mathematics syllabi. The chapters incorporated include Multiplication, Division, Fractions, Addition, Subtraction, Money and Number Skills. The game treats each chapter as a twenty-question exercise. After learning a chapter students may apply their knowledge to a practical situation-...

Tags: Mathematics, Nikhil Sud, Mathemagic, Worksheet Creator, Games, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-04-27

SMN 5.1 (Windows)

ParticleDraw is a novel windows drawing program powered by a state of the art general system simulation engine. The brushes are dynamic systems of particles with interesting behaviours, which you can completely customise. Each brush is intricately tuneable with many underlying physical parameters and one can construct arbitrary systems of...

Tags: Particle, Mathematics, Anandavala, ParticleDraw, Microsoft Windows, Construction, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-04-10

Mathematics Quiz 2.1 (Windows)

Designed for students aged 7 - 9 in Primary 1 - 3. Over 1500 challenging Maths quizzes and problem sums for practise. Topics include Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Length, Weight, Time, Money, Fractions, Graphs, Permeter, Area, Volume, Geometry, etc.

Tags: Mathematics, Bettergrades, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-03-13

Photos: Doing the RSA security dance

Dancers take the stage to interpret the theme of this year's RSA Conference: ancient Vedic mathematics.

Tags: RSA Security Inc., mathematics, conference

Image galleries 2006-02-14

Photos: Doing the RSA security dance

Dancers take the stage to interpret the theme of this year's RSA Conference: ancient Vedic mathematics.

Tags: RSA Security Inc., mathematics, conference

Image galleries 2006-02-14