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@SmartmanApps@dotnet.social
2026-05-18 07:47:16

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#MathsMonday
This week I will debunk several false claims made about brackets in #Mathematics on socials - there are several! Actually it's easy to just check for yourself, at

Screenshot from Cajori showing early Egyptian arithmetic, and that + and - came into use in Germany at the end of the 15th Century
@SmartmanApps@dotnet.social
2026-06-01 09:38:33

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#MathsMonday #Math
I've seen 2 people in #Mathematics claim recently that we can't prove that a b=b a - the Commutative Property - and that we just accept it as true. Nope, not only…

Picture depicting the Commutative Property for Addition and Multiplication
@SmartmanApps@dotnet.social
2026-06-15 07:14:57

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#MathsMonday #Mathematics #Math
This week a note about the rules of #Maths, but first, the pict…

A "Mule Xing" sign in a rural area
@SmartmanApps@dotnet.social
2026-05-24 06:11:02

It's so funny this popped up in my feed today #MathsMonday

@SmartmanApps@dotnet.social
2026-04-27 05:56:43

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#MathsMonday
This week #scaffolding, as used in #Mathematics (and other) #textbooks,…

Picture of a half-built house surrounded by scaffolding and a builder standing on the top