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1 Nature of Mathematics as a Human Endeavour Oxford N1A § The Open University Maths Dept University of Oxford Dept of Education Promoting Mathematical Thinking

2 Outline  Phenomena provoking mathematical thinking –Material; imagined & virtual; symbolic  Ways of Working on Mathematics  Use of Powers/Processes

3 Conjecturing Atmosphere  Everything said in this room is a conjecture … –To be tested out in your experience –To be tested mathematically  If you KNOW immediately take the opportunity to focus on what you know, or ask questions that might assist others to see what you see  If you are uncertain or stuck, take the opportunity to try to express what you do understand, or ask about what you do not!

4 Square Difference  If the difference of two whole numbers is even, then their product is the difference of two whole number squares  If the difference of two whole numbers is odd, then the product of either with one more than the other is a difference of two whole number squares

5 One More Than …  What numbers can be expressed as one more than the product of four consecutive integers?

6 Reminder  Being Stuck is an honourable and valuable state –It is then possible to learn something of advantage for the future  What matters is not so much ‘being stuck’ as what you do to get unstuck  You get the most from working on a problem/task when you stop and think back over –What actions you undertook –What actions were effective, –What `ctions you might use in the future.

7 Good Advice …  "The best way of overcoming a difficult Probleme is to solve it in some particular easy cases. This gives much light into the general solution. By this way Sir Isaac Newton says he overcame the most difficult things.” (David Gregory 1705 correspondence with Newton)

 Write down a three-digit number  Reverse the digits then subtract smaller from larger  Reverse digits of that, then add the two numbers Extend/Generalise!

9 Phenomenon

10 Phenomenon  Imagine a drinks can  Where is the centre of gravity before it is opened?  Where is the centre of gravity when it is empty?  Where is the centre of gravity lowest?

11 Centres of Gravity  Imagine a triangle –Where is the centre of gravity? VerticesEdgesLamina

12 Chords & Cobwebs Cubic Chords Cobwebs

13 Sundaram’s Sieve What number will appear in the R th row and the C th column? Claim: N will appear in the table iff 2N + 1 is composite

14 Max & Min  For any rectangular array of numbers, –For each row, calculate the maximum in that row –For each column calculate the minimum in that column –Calculate Min-Max: the minimum of the row maxima –Calculate Max-Min: the maximum of the column minima  Is there any relationship between Max-Min and Min-Max true in all cases? In some precisely specified cases?

15 Reflection  Mathematics as a human endeavour –A way of making sense of phenomena often brought to attention via some sort of disturbance or fractured expectation in a world of experience: material, mental-virtual, symbolic –Modelling the material world in a manipulably expressive language; –Locating underlying structural relationships  Use of natural powers: Imagining & ExpressingSpecialising & Generalising Conjecturing & ConvincingOrganising & Classifying Stressing & IgnoringExtending & Restricting

16 Where is Mathematics?  Do we discover/uncover pre-existant relationships (invariances in the midst of change)?  Do we construct mathematical relationships as part of our sense-making of our experience of material and mental worlds?  Does it ever make sense to ask for a location for mathematics?

17 Follow-Up Mcs.open.ac.uk / jhm3 (go to applets or to presentations) (go to applets or to  Thinking Mathematically – / ThinkingMathematically