pre-calculus

10
Apr
A blue heron at night with the moon large and behind. The heron is facing left and not extended and only shoulder up visible.

Heron’s Formula

Maybe we should start naming all math formulas and theorems after birds. This one wouldn’t have to change under this new renaming… I do love being able to find an area of a triangle given the lengths of its sides. Heron’s formula information: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/HeronsFormula.html [https:/
1 min read
04
Oct
Random Math Poetry

Random Math Poetry

I think the challenge here is to find the math that can fit the poetry… If you want a browser tab version, click here. You can also edit it and change the words as well. Below is the codepen: See the Pen OJNKQmE by Sophia (@fractalkitty) on CodePen.
1 min read
24
Sep
Parametric Play!

Parametric Play!

Here are some simple animations with parametric equations. What you see below is a function and its inverse. If you click, you will get another semi-random equation. See the Pen qBZgZvW by Sophia (@fractalkitty) on CodePen.
1 min read
31
Oct
a cat drawn from catenary curves with its equation and fractal kitty sitting close by

Kitty likes Catenary Curves

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