Ken Wessen

Sometime teacher, sometime programmer, full time mathematician.
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Now supporting inequalities, 1st and linear 2nd order ODEs, matrices and vectors. Click on “Demo” to see the capabilities.

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New at the Mathenaeum: Avanti (https://t.co/MbbQjVJk6a)

HS targetted symbolic algebra (expand, factor, substitute, solve, plot, calculus) & computation (fractions, surds, arbitrary prec integers, complex numbers)

Simple interface. Native maths input & output. No ads. No server.

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New app at The Mathenaeum - Chernoff Faces (https://t.co/YIJnxGOzfD)

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A little different from my usual maths learning apps, but also kind of similar - learn how a synthesiser works, and how to build one in hardware and software!
https://t.co/CtAtUiVfA5

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@LRxword Sanction airport! Absurdly wasting time!

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@LRxword Rum

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@1rebelnohorse @LRxword @dontattempt @JT_words If it improves the reading, then absolutely! I'm a solver rather than a setter, and I'm much happier accepting slightly dodgy cryptic meanings than contrived and poorly reading clues.

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@mrshawthorne7 @StudyMaths @c0mplexnumber Or here, including an explanation and some related point-based fractal visualtions: https://t.co/152UYXgNru

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@mic_epstein Yes. I like how it brings the question of the centre tile parity to the fore.

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@mburnsmath Also Notakto - players use the same symbol, and the goal can be either to make or avoid making a line of length n.
I made an online version here: https://t.co/YBB0oCreNB

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Just made some minor changes to improve the usability. https://t.co/wUpRA4XMga

(See this and may more apps at The Mathenaeum https://t.co/UeFd7zfn1w)

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Build up a mathematical understanding of infection transmission with the "Contagion" app (https://t.co/wUpRA4XMga) at the Mathenaeum (https://t.co/gjbIR8Fm1E).

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@JackamanKaren @iMerinet @dizdarm @NSWEducation @teachNSW @NSWSPC @mscott @claireseldon_ed @learnPSNSW @Angie8881 A link for simply downloading would appreciated if possible. I have no idea what or where your "wellbeing staffroom" is, but I'd like to print out and give to my kids.

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@AJMagicMessage @DrMaths @gareth_metcalfe @mathsjem @aap03102 @EmathsUK @ATMMathematics @Mathematical_A @MathsMastery @Liz__Gibbs @nrichmaths 100+ apps - free and no ads, at https://t.co/3dbXJmOtKJ

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Build up a mathematical understanding of infection transmission with the "Contagion" app (https://t.co/wUpRA4XMga) at the Mathenaeum (https://t.co/gjbIR8Fm1E).

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I reckon it's a good time for students to try some of the guided mathematical art activities here https://t.co/0iPSwfO6vF at The Mathenaeum (https://t.co/X4NoEBuMXQ).
Fun, creative, and can do on screen or on paper or both.

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We need to use the coronavirus situation to encourage mathematical thinking in students, and to illustrate the importance of quantitative modelling generally.

With a few questions as a scaffold, activities like this can help build fun and informative online lessons.

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Added to MathsLinks: An interactive discrete SIR epidemic model https://t.co/EfjNj09xBT

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@adambspencer @LRxword Let me try a contribution:

A mixture of soft saline oil to keep you safe from the virus. (4,9)

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@muminprogress Astonishing to think that people whose responsibility is education can act with such ignorance.

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@mic_epstein @bamentj A fantastic game - with a great genetics backstory. :-)

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Hope this story, and the many like it, get the attention they deserve.

I taught maths for 25 years, but I won't go back to the classroom. Here's why https://t.co/rs5ySUcXoE via @ABCNews

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@LRxword I've got no issue with obscure words in cryptics - you've still got the clue to work them out in pieces. But DH's clues are often contrived and only rarely read well. Tuesday is a bit of waste of time.