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Galilei’s beautiful inclined plane theorem
[This a short version of the earlier Finnish blog post, read the original if you want to understand more, of course learn Finnish first.] I just finished the Galilei biography (Heilbron J.L. Oxford, 2010). A really nice book, it took about half year to read it. Reading it reminded me about the theorems on inclined… Continue reading
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The Finnish Computerized Matriculation Exam System
Matriculation Exam Before the Finnish high school (upper secondary school) students matriculate (get their high school diploma) they will take part to the Matriculation Exam. They have to pass the exam at least in four subjects. This exam is the only official national test in their 12 year education. So it is really a high… Continue reading
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The Pythagorean MRZKM Theorem
As I was preparing the material for the Chennai GeoGebra Workshop I decided that I will show the theorem that I learnt at the 1st Nordic GeoGebra Conference in Iceland. The green areas in the Pythagorean Theorem figure are all equal. I started playing with the figure with GeoGebra and I noticed something funny.… Continue reading
