Category: Mathematics

  • A geometric interpretation of geometric series

    A Typical courses on Calculus will contain a rudimentary introduction to series. But one might ask why study them at all? Instead of providing an answer to this question, I will be showing why they are interesting in the first place, which might motivate further investigations in some future post.

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  • Vectors are not just arrows

    Vectors are pointy arrows in in space, at least that’s what most of us were taught. This expression does a good job describing the behavior of vectors when manipulated through scaling, addition, and transformations. However, it does not provide a good description of what vectors could represent.

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