- Triangles and Simplices (The Geometry Junkyard) - David Eppstein, Theory Group, ICS, UC Irvine
An extensive annotated list of links to material on triangles and their higher-dimensional generalizations (simplices), with a particular interest in partitioning regions into triangles, tetrahedra, or higher dimensional simplices, for various applications
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- Triangles in Elliptic Geometry - Thomas Banchoff, The Geometry Center
An examination of some properties of triangles in elliptic geometry, which for this purpose are equivalent to geometry on a hemisphere. The aim is to construct a quadrilateral with two right angles having area equal to that of a given spherical triangle.
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- Tribute to Invariance - Cut the Knot!, Alexander Bogomolny
As a competitive activity, the Squares and Circles game is not very challenging in itself. That is to say, the outcome of the game does not depend on how the game proceeds. The challenge is to come up with this realization and establish its veracity.
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- Triceron Archive: Integral Calculus - Triceron.com
An enviroment for exchanging data, among others, theoretical and practical educational resources on integral calculus. Triceron carries a categorised directory of hyperlinks to www/ftp sites, usenet newsgroups, irc channels, freenet sites, usenet servers
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- Tricki - Gowers, Timothy; Sisask, Olof; and Frolkin, Alex
A wiki "repository of mathematical know-how" that encompasses techniques ranging from the very general to those that concern particular subareas of mathematics. Browse problem-solving ideas by technique: for finding algorithms and algorithmic proofs,
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- Tricky Crossings - Ivars Peterson (MathLand)
Have you heard the one about an itinerant entertainer traveling with a wolf, a goat, and a basket of cabbages? The showman comes to a river and finds a small boat that holds only himself and one passenger. For obvious reasons, he can't leave the wolf
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- Tricky Dice - Ivars Peterson (MathTrek)
The game involves four specially numbered dice. You let your opponent pick any one of the four dice. You choose one of the remaining three dice. Each player tosses his or her die, and the higher number wins the throw. Amazingly, in a game involving 10
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- Trig According to Euclid - Len Smiley, Deborah Smiley
Four figures proving trigonometric addition and subtraction formulas for cosine and sine. Free of Cartesian coordinates, the proofs are synthetic and use a common, minimal diagram from Euclidean geometry.
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- Trigonometric Functions and Calculus - Waner, Costenoble; Hofstra University
A text on the WWW for liberal arts and business majors. Contents (each with exercises): Modeling with the Sine Function; The Six Trigonometric Functions; Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions; Integrals of Trigonometric Functions.
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- Trigonometric Functions - Larry Gladney, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Pennsylvania
From the Interactive Textbook of PFP 96. A review of the trigonometric functions, sine, cosine, and tangent, as the most frequently used functions seen in introductory physics.
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- The Trigonometric Functions - MacTutor Math History Archives
Linked essay sketching trigonometry from its beginnings out of the early correspondence between astronomy and mathematics through the 18th century, with 17 references (books/articles).
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- Trigonometric Integrals - David Hart
An HTML version of a Maple worksheet used as an alternative to transparencies in a Calculus class lesson at Indiana University. How do you integrate the trigonometric functions? Includes discussion, formulae, diagrams, and exercises.
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- Trigonometry Formulas - Math Forum; Ask Dr. Math FAQ
Formulas for trig functions, bounds, identities, solving right and oblique triangles and inverse trig functions.
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- Trigonometry (Manipula Math) - International Educational Software (IES Inc.)
More than 20 Java applets designed to demonstrate principles of trigonometry, including sine, cosine, and tangent function boxes; graph of y=sin x, y=cos x,
y=sin ax, y=A sin (Bx+C), and y=sin x + cos x; Fourier series; sin t = a;
cos t=a; sin(A+B);
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- Trigonometry (S.O.S. Mathematics) - Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Univ. of Texas at El Paso
An online course: learning units presented in worksheet format review the most important results, techniques and formulas in college and pre-college trigonometry. Trigonometry: Angle Measures, Trigonometric Functions (magic identity, Addition Formulas,
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- Trigonometry - Technical Tutoring
Site provides an introduction to trigonometry, includes illustrative examples and exercises in basic trigonometry as well as a summary of the important basic trig identities and formulae.
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- Trioker - Triominoes Puzzle - J. Marc Genevey
Le jeu de Trioker a été inventé par Monsieur Odier et étudié par lui-même et son compère Mr Roussel dans leur ouvrage Surprenant Triangles. Il est composé de l'ensemble des 24 pièces triangulaires
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- Trisecting an Angle - MacTutor Math History Archives
Linked essay tracing the history of the classical Greek problem of trisecting an
arbitrary angle using for the construction only ruler and compass (which is
impossible) - but, failing that, finding some other method.
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- Triumph of the Nerds: A History of the Computer - Robert X. Cringely; PBS Online
A companion Web site for the Public Broadcasting System television special hosted by Robert Cringely, "Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires." Learn how youthful amateurs, hippies, and self-proclaimed "nerds" accidentally changed the world.
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- Troublesome Weather Trends - Ivars Peterson (MathTrek)
In the February Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Statistician Kevin J. Coakley of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in
Boulder, Colo. argues that ... daily temperatures don’t vary randomly. They generally tend to rise
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- Trouble with Wild-Card Poker - Ivars Peterson (MathLand)
Poker originated in the Louisiana territory around the year 1800. Ever since, this addictive card game has occupied the time and teased the minds of generations of gamblers. It has also attracted the attention of mathematicians and statisticians. The
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- Truel in the Sun - Ivars Peterson (MathTrek)
Brilliant sunshine bakes a huddled row of ramshackle, weather-beaten buildings lining a dusty thoroughfare. Two gunfighters slam out of a decrepit saloon and stalk toward their posts at either end of the street. Facing each other, they prepare to draw
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- Truncated Octahedron Blocks - Hop David
A discussion of a three-dimensional tessellation that may make a good bridge between the rectangular solid tessellation and the octa/tetrahedral tessellation.
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- TSM-4: 'Using the Internet for Mathematics' - Oundle School, Peterborough, UK
A one-day conference for teachers held 11 May 1998 at Oundle School, Peterborough, UK. Technology for Secondary and College Mathematics (TSM) is a teacher training initiative based at Oundle School. Online Workshops: "How to download text and images off
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- TSPBIB (Traveling Salesman Problem) - Pablo Moscato
A comprehensive listing of papers, source code, preprints, technical reports, etc., available on the Internet about the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) and some associated problems such as Fractal TSP Instances and VRP Instances, with links to software
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- TS Quasigroups (Catalogue of Algebraic Systems) - John Pedersen, W. Edwin Clark; Dept. of Mathematics, University of South Florida
Definition, examples, and references about TS Quasigroups. Links to related terms in the Catalogue.
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- TTC (Tools of Tensor Calculus) - A. Balfagón, P. Castellví, X. Jaén
A Mathematica package for doing tensor and exterior calculus on differentiable manifolds, of interest to the scientist working on any field where tensor calculus is needed. TTC can also be interesting for teaching purposes. Articles, links, and a tutorial.
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- TtH: a TeX to HTML translator - Ian H. Hutchinson
TtH translates TeX source that uses the Plain macro package, or LaTeX, into a near equivalent in HTML. It supports built-up fractions through HTML tables and mathematical symbols via the common extension tag [font face="symbol"] This enables semantically
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- TTMath - big online calculator - Tomasz Sowa
This big numbers library for C++ programming language performs mathematical operations with unsigned/signed integers and floating point numbers.
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- Turbo Tables Educational Software - AGoGoGadget
Intended to teach multiplication techniques especially useful for products larger than 12x12. Includes teaching module, timed trial, and game for practicing your multiplication skills. Free demo available. Available for Windows XP and Pocket PC platforms.
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- TurkZeka - Yilmaz Ekici, TurkZeka.com
Clever puzzles, posted regularly, with quarterly puzzle competitions open to all with free login. In Turkish, English, and Japanese.
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- Turn of the Screw - Ivars Peterson (MathTrek)
Mathematician Chris Rorres of Drexel University in Philadelphia has taken a close look at Vitruvius's specifications for constructing an Archimedes screw... Recent years have seen a revival of interest in the Archimedes screw, particularly for its proven,
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- Turtle Tracks - Ivars Peterson (MathTrek)
One way to describe a geometric figure is in terms of the path generated by a moving point. Using the computer language LOGO, children can produce a list of commands to govern the motion of a "turtle" and trace out a geometric track on the computer screen.
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- Tutor.com - Tutor.com, Inc.
One-to-one real-time help from professional subject experts and librarians. Students looking for homework help may check if their local library or after-school center offers free tutor.com tutoring; try tutor.com personal online tutoring free for a week;
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- Tutor For Maths - Vikram Singh
One-to-one math tutoring, consulting, brainstorming, and editing sessions conducted online while on the phone with WhizIQ electronic whiteboard software.
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- Tutorials - Harvey Mudd College Department of Mathematics
Primers for pre-calculus, single variable calculus, multi-variable calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations, each with proofs, examples, and key concepts highlighted, some with Mathematica plots to view in a new browser window: algebra review,
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- The Tutorials Search Engine
Searchable listings of tutorials on a variety of subjects, including mathematics.
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- TutorLinker: The Most Innovative Tutor Network - TutorLinker.com
TutorLinker uses online map system so people who are looking for local tutors can easily find their location and compare with other tutors. All services are currently free.
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- tutOR - Moshe Sniedovich and Angie Byrne
An online Operations Research (OR) tutorial system developing tutorial modules for specific OR topics, generic web tools to facilitate the construction of the OR modules, and research of the WWW technologies pertaining to this project. Modules for investigating
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- TutorNEXT - tutorNEXT, Inc.
One-on-one, individualized tutoring sessions in math and English. An enrichment program in math, and free printable math worksheets, are also available. Full listing of services on the site.
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- Tutor World Online
This online tutoring service sells homework help and SAT preparation packages. The Tutor World Online journal posts free primers in math.
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- Tversky's Legacy Revisited - Keith Devlin (Devlin's Angle)
"Amos Tversky died earlier this year. To mathematicians, the Stanford-based psychologist is best known for the research he did with his colleague Daniel Kahneman in the early 1970s, into the way people judge probabilities and estimate likely outcomes
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- Twistors -- What Are They? - Fedja Hadrovic
Notes briefly introducing the basic definitions of twistor theory, which might provide an "elegant formalism for both general relativity and quantum theory. Roger Penrose was first led to the concept of twistors in his investigation of the structure of
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- The "Two-Dimensional Factorial" and a New Solution for the Probability of Completing Sets in Random Sampling - Jeffrey D. Lindsay
In finding a new solution to a classic probability problem, The Collector's Problem, concerning the collection of items in a set, a new and useful recursive function has been found, the "two-dimensional factorial." A Web adaptation of J.D. Lindsay, "A
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- The Two-Headed Quarter by Joseph Ganem - Chartley Publishing, LLC
A companion site to The Two-Headed Quarter, written by a physicist scrutinizing day-to-day financial decisions, such as "How far should you drive to buy cheaper gas?" and "Is money saved when you buy on sale?" and "How far should you drive to save money?"
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- Tying Down a Random Walk - Ivars Peterson (MathTrek)
For many men, the ordeal of fashioning a neat tie knot is fading into the distant past. It seems ironic that two physicists have now put necktie knots back on center stage. Thomas M. A. Fink and Yong Mao of the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, England,
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- Types of Functions - Eger, Champaneria, Garmendia; Interactive Mathematics Online (IMO)
Definitions, plots, and examples of composite functions; even and odd functions; inverse functions; linear, quadratic, and cubic functions; monotonic functions; periodic functions. Also, Java "formulae enabled" pages.
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- Typing Math - Math Forum, Ask Dr. Math FAQ
How should I type exponents? What about square roots? Why not use tabs? May I send attachments?
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- UBC Calculus Online: Supplement to Math 100 - Dept. of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
An online supplement to mathematics courses being taught within the University of British Columbia Department of Mathematics. Course notes (functions, the Function Zoo, What is the derivative?, Tools for Calculating Derivatives; Applications of the Derivative;
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- UBC Calculus Online: Supplement to Math 101 - Dept. of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
An online supplement to mathematics courses being taught within the University of British Columbia Department of Mathematics. Course notes (Definite Integrals and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus; Applications of the Definite Integral; Techniques for
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