Emily DeHoffUnlearning Math Part 5 — Math is CollaborativeThis is the fifth in a series of articles exploring why math is often so adamantly avoided, and why I think it’s worth playing with anyway.4 min read·Mar 1, 2023----
Emily DeHoffSo you’re afraid of mathMaybe you were told you’re not a math person Maybe it felt pointless, or impossible, or maybe both? Maybe it felt like there were too many…2 min read·Jan 18, 2023----
Emily DeHoffIs Math Worth It? Part 4 — The Necessity of Making MistakesThis is the fourth in a series of articles exploring why math is often so adamantly avoided, and why I think it’s worth playing with…6 min read·Dec 18, 2022----
Emily DeHoffIs Math Worth It? Part 3 — Math is Thinking, Not MemorizingThis is the third in a series of articles exploring why math is often so adamantly avoided, and why I think it’s worth playing with anyway.5 min read·Nov 21, 2022--2--2
Emily DeHoffIs Math Worth It? Part 2 — Math is ArtThis is the second in a series of articles exploring why math is often so adamantly avoided, and why I think it’s worth playing with…6 min read·Oct 22, 2022----
Emily DeHoffIs Math Worth It? Part 1 — The Societal NarrativeThis is the first in a series of articles exploring why math is often so adamantly avoided, and why I think it’s worth playing with anyway.4 min read·Sep 27, 2022--2--2
Emily DeHoffThe Fundamental Counting PrincipleEvery field of math has it’s own fundamental principle or theorem, so it’s natural to ask, what is fundamental to combinatorics?4 min read·May 24, 2022----
Emily DeHoffMaking Sense of BasesWe live in a base 10 (decimal) world, but that’s not the only way to represent numbers. In fact, computers operate purely in base 2…4 min read·May 11, 2022----
Emily DeHoffThe Pigeonhole PrincipleIt’s early in the morning. It’s cold. It’s dark. You want to put on some socks but you’re definitely not ready to turn the lights on yet…5 min read·May 3, 2022--3--3
Emily DeHoffWhat is combinatorics?This is the first in a series of articles focused on combinatorics.2 min read·Apr 26, 2022----