Notebook – Maths Society

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Pi: The most important constant?

Beginning our notebook, we discuss the importance of the constant Pi. Whether you have encountered Pi working out the area of a circle or use it regularly in Trigonometry, you are bound to learn something new about this almost magical irrational number.

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The Right Theorem: Pythagoras’ Theorem

Likely the most renowned theorem in the geometric world, many consider Pythagoras’ famous theorem a2 + b2 = c2 to be the most important one too. A catalyst for the discovery of irrational numbers, the subject of so many proofs, possibly the most widely-known mathematical theorem in the world, this is the Pythagorean Theorem.

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Logarithms

While logarithms may seem like complex, technical pieces of mathematical notation to the uninitiated, they simply represent the reverse of an exponent. Crucial in solving exponential functions and used to model growth processes, in measuring sound intensity and the scale of earthquakes, learn to get to grips with logarithms, their history and applications in the […]

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Real Numbers

Real Numbers. Sounds a bit simple does it not? Well, actually, there is an impressive ‘Russian doll’ of types of numbers, that we have encountered as we learn more about mathematics. So, want to find out what they are?

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Tetration, Pentation and Hyperoperations

You may not have heard of Hyperoperations, but you probably use it every day. Read on to explore past the basic Hyperoperations sequence, and discover Tetration and Pentation!

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Back pages

At the end of our maths Notebook are our collections of rousing maths quotes, unsolved maths problems, mathematical curiosities, and howling mathematical mistakes.