Recreational Mathematics

WARNING: last updated to in 2003... have fun! (Note: This is shamelessly copied from David Nacin's website; three cheers for David.) By the way, David Nacin is a musician and a freak... probably in a good way.


My Ten Favorite (Undergraduate Accessible) Sites for Recreational Mathematics:

http://www.utm.edu/research/primes

One topic which many undergraduates seem to have a natural interest for is that of the prime numbers.  This is an excellent site to learn more about primes for those with various backgrounds.

http://db.uwaterloo.ca/~alopez-o/math-faq/math-faq.html

This small site contains nice answers to many questions undergraduates seem to be interested in.

http://www.mathmistakes.com/

This site is great for the non-Mathematician.  Many common misconceptions about Mathematics can be cleared up by looking at some of the articles here.  They also have some intelligent reviews.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com

This is a super dictionary. At one point shut down for copyright reasons, it seems to be up and running again. Type in any math term you want to know about, from Gorenstein rings to the Witch of Agnesi.

http://camel.math.ca/Recreation/kabol/knotlinks.html

This site is a collection of many of the more graphical Mathematics links.  Be sure to check out the Mathematician playing cards if you visit.

http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known-math/

I really like the classification table here. This is a good place for people to learn about the many different branches in Mathematics and even read some results in certain areas.

http://www.mathsoft.com/mathresources/

I found this site packed with fun reading. There is a really nice section on some interesting constants which arise in different areas of Mathematics.

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/

My favorite Math site of all.  I love to use material from here to help get my Calculus students more excited about the subject. I hope my affection for this page doesn't make me a historian.