The Spirit of Global Math Week

One on Epsilon Team

Global Math Week 2018 has just finished. It was a spectacular celebration of joyful global mathematics, experienced by millions of students and tens of thousands of educators across the globe. The theme was Exploding Dots. A visually engaging system for numbers, arithmetic, polynomials and much more. Why global? Why celebrate? Why math?

As recently stated by Keith Devlin: Calculation was the price we used to have to pay to do mathematics.

What does that actually mean? You may be thinking... "mathematics is calculation, is it not?".

One approach is to think of "mathematics as a high dimensional solid with many facets. Then "calculation" is only one such facet, and there are many more! Read Devlin's post for a great perspective and reflect on your relationship with mathematics.

So how does the Global Math Project fit in?

Via exploding dots: numbers, arithmetic, and polynomials are explored under a new light; helping clarify, deepen and even further extend the typical methods explored in traditional schools. The aim is to explore the emerging relationships. The calculation is a by-product; it isn't a goal. A goal is the mathematical joy. The Global Math Week did just that. Globally!

At One on Epsilon, the Global Math Week and James Tanton's exploding dots align perfectly with our philosophy and values. Our aim is delivering products that help students, parents and educators with their current studies while facilitating mathematical exploration. This is why we integrated exploding dots into Epsilon Stream.

Users search Epsilon Stream for items such as place value, number bases or long division. Then, when presented with our curated content, there is also the option to explore these topics via the lens of exploding dots. We love mathematical exploration and we love exploding dots

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