In high school, one of my favourite contests is the CNML (Canadian National Mathematics League). The […]
What does modular arithmetic have anything to do with accounting? I didn't know until this sentence […]
Another unforgettable problem is the following problem from the Canadian Mathematical Olympiad in 1989. Although I […]
I am planning to start a series of unforgettable mathematical problems that I have encountered in […]
One of the first tricks taught in factoring polynomials is the difference of squares formula, namely: […]
This post is inspired by the well-known Christmas song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", which starts […]
I introduced modular arithmetic in an earlier post (Introducing Modular Arithmetic via Group Theory). Let us […]
1) I might be severely in debt but on a positive note, I have as much […]
Mdoular arithmetic is essentially arithmetic on remainders. Recall that whenever we have two integers , with […]
The Pythagorean Theorem is of course a well-known theorem. Basically, it states that the sum of […]