When math teachers throughout the nation need solutions, many will be turning to longtime Marist High School teacher Owen Glennon for help. Glennon, who also coached the school’s math team to the top ...
In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.
The witch of Agnesi, you may be disappointed to know, is a curve that math students generally learn about in calculus class. It doesn’t look much like a witch, or a hat or even a broomstick. It’s ...