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title: 'Play with Math'
url: 'https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/2016/10/17/play-with-math'
markdown: 'https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/2016/10/17/play-with-math.md'
date: '2016-10-17'
description: "Learning ∩ Play ∩ Math ∩ Art The connection between learning math and playing with math has been on my mind lately. Another connection that\_I’ve been thinking about\_is the interplay between\_math and art.\_This morning I decided to merge these two thoughts. I originally tweeted\_under the hashta…"
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# Play with Math

### [Play with Math](https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/2016/10/17/play-with-math)

   October 17, 2016, 12:00 am  

## Learning ∩ Play ∩ Math ∩ Art

The connection between learning math and playing with math has been on my mind lately. Another connection that I’ve been thinking about is the interplay between math and art. This morning I decided to merge these two thoughts. I originally tweeted under the hashtag #playeveryday, but future challenges like these will be under the hashtag #playwithmath. Through exploring a graph in Desmos, can we both learn some math and make some interesting images?

> Want to play (learn?) with polar fns, parametrics, & ellipses? Desmos link: <https://t.co/LANeithex5> Share out your creations! [\#playeveryday](https://twitter.com/hashtag/playeveryday?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/3lrKiF9WVh](https://t.co/3lrKiF9WVh)
> 
> — Dan Anderson (@dandersod) [October 17, 2016](https://twitter.com/dandersod/status/787994251221172224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Here is some great work by some tweeps:

> Making stars with Dan's equations <https://t.co/ZV7pn7gpa4> <https://t.co/sRoTPtu3au>
> 
> — Paula Beardell Krieg (@PaulaKrieg) [October 17, 2016](https://twitter.com/PaulaKrieg/status/787997548611006464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

![cu-jgj5weaqixul](https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Cu-JGJ5WEAQiXuL.jpg)

> ??? Nice! ??? [pic.twitter.com/0E0KhEPCUm](https://t.co/0E0KhEPCUm)
> 
> — Simon Gregg (@Simon\_Gregg) [October 17, 2016](https://twitter.com/Simon_Gregg/status/788004390460329984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> I added some friends 🙂 [pic.twitter.com/QjsGfqroMy](https://t.co/QjsGfqroMy)
> 
> — Dan Allen (@MrAllenEdu) [October 17, 2016](https://twitter.com/MrAllenEdu/status/788009568278286336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> You inspired me to look at an ellipse that spins while being rotated around a circle. <https://t.co/ZcgqxbpOFA> [\#mathart](https://twitter.com/hashtag/mathart?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/e0u9kRAcAd](https://t.co/e0u9kRAcAd)
> 
> — Luke Walsh (@LukeSelfwalker) [October 17, 2016](https://twitter.com/LukeSelfwalker/status/788111959363313667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

## Your Turn

What can you make? Can you learn some math by playing around?

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