Course Overview

I learned a lot in this course. I especially liked the classes when we learned about the ancient ways of doing math that are so alien to us. With writing systems so different, I would think that their thinking process would have had to of been different as well. I remember learning that the Mesopotamian's did not have the concept of angle, and had to think of different ways to solve problems. Who is to know if we are missing some glaringly obvious construct and are therefore limited in our understanding of our world?

I liked when Susan brought up the point that no one knows what do do when dividing by 0. It broke my brain, and now I wonder if this is the symptom of an imperfect math system. I also think of Goidel's incompleteness theorem, and about how there is a hole in maths. I wonder if this hole's existence is also a symptom of the same thing? Perhaps the students in 442 two hundred years from now will learn about us, and how we were so glaringly missing something that it seems incomprehensible to not understand.

Math Art Presentation Reflection

 This project was really cool in that it made me recognize a skill I have that should help me in my career as a math teacher. I was a self taught computer coder, and have decent knowledge to make computer programs. It was difficult for me to think of ways that I can incorporate coding into my teaching career, and I expected to not code much in my future. But now I realize how useful this medium could be for me to convey ideas to my students via art. I never though of computer coding as an art, but I realize that I can use my computer coding to create art!

My favourite piece to come out of my project, as I mentioned in my presentation, was Jupiter's perspective of the solar system, and this is the art piece that I've chosen to officially submit.

 

Orbit Executable

Please download this program and play around with it (doesn't work on Mac though) 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aeCC08e7us883Vd6z_PnMjnvSWpa9k3M/view?usp=drive_link