Practical+uses+of+mathematics

This page contains a collection of practical uses to which maths can be put


 * ~ Topic ||~ Where it is useful ||~ URL ||
 * Probability || //Prosecutor's fallacy//, Sally Clarke wrongly convicted of murdering both children) ||  ||
 * Probability || Monty Hall problem, game shows in particular ||  ||
 * Median || Average earnings in UK uses median, not mean, to avoid skew from highest salaries ||  ||
 * Geometry || Eratosthenes deduced that the earth was not flat by considering the length of the shadows ||  ||
 * Pythagoras' theorem || Builders and surveyors use the 3-4-5 triangle to measure right angles ||  ||
 * Shape and space || Plans of buildings ||  ||
 * Prime numbers || Cryptography (hence secure internet payments) ||  ||
 * Transformations || Robotics ||  ||
 * Transformations || Moving a piano! ||  ||
 * Prime factor decomposition || Cryptography (hence security on the internet) ||  ||
 * Simultaneous equations (and on to matrix eigenvectors) || [|Google search engine] ||  ||
 * Vectors (scalar product) || Adding lighting effects to computer games (compute angle of surface to light source) ||  ||
 * All topics || Dr Math page ||  ||
 * Maths in Work || [|NCETM site] ||  ||
 * Numeracy through Problem Solving || [|Shell centre] ||  ||
 * Why Do Math? || [|website] ||  ||
 * Operational research || [|Learn about OR] ||  ||
 * Operational research || [|Learn about OR] ||  ||