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I believe in honesty and integrity. Someone asked me what I would do if I found $1 million on the street. If it belonged to a poor person, I'd give it back.
- Anonymous

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My Math Blog (you can leave comments there) (updated every week). These are the most popular essays (between 5,000 and 110,000 visits):
- Divisibility by 7 is a Walk on a Graph, by David Wilson August 11, 2009
- The Odd One Out October 4, 2009
- My IQ December 9, 2008
- The Greatest Mathematician Alive March 20, 2010
- A Probabilistic Paradox November 19, 2011
- Should You Date a Mathematician? March 5, 2009
- A Nerd’s Way to Walk Up the Stairs June 8, 2011
- Hiring the Smartest People in the World May 1, 2012
- What Does It Take to Get Accepted by Harvard or Princeton? July 8, 2009
- Divisibility by 7 is a Walk on a Graph. II, by David Wilson August 1, 2010
- Time for Nerdy Humor September 23, 2011
- Back-to-School Funny Pictures September 25, 2008
- The Dirtiest Math Problem Ever (Rated R) September 3, 2009
- A Son Born on Tuesday April 9, 2010
- Math, Love and Immortality December 27, 2010
- One-Way Functions November 3, 2010
- Is There Hope for a Female Fields Medalist? April 19, 2009
- Scary Coins June 16, 2010
- The Odder One Out December 22, 2009
- How to Boost Your Guessing Accuracy During Tests january 25, 2010
- Wise Men Without Hats February 19, 2010
Essays from My Math Blog. All essays together on the same page (you can't leave comments here)
Math Competition Training
How to Create a New Integer Sequence
My Career
- My Text Resume
- My Picture Resume
- List of Publications
- My Sequences — the sequences I submitted to OEIS.
My Talks, including the most popular ones:
Recursive Sequences
Advanced Dictionary Search — Using this program, you can find words with different properties.
Math Humor
Word Game — Enter a word and I will tell you smaller words which can be made from its letters.
Reviews of Fun Math Stuff — Great books and toys of mathematical entertainment.
- Fun Math Books Reviews — Fun math books for kids and adults
- Math Toys Reviews — Fun math toys for kids and adults
- Relationship and Self-Help Books Reviews ( November 2008)
- Dance Movies Reviews
- Dance Exercise DVDs Reviews ( September 2008)
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? — "Why did the chicken cross the road?" game. Now with a Java applet that lets you check your answers!
Number Gossip! — Enter your favorite number and I will tell you many surprising things about it
My Favorite Puzzles — Here I post my favorite puzzles
MSU "Coffin" Problems — Tricky math problems for high school graduates.
Russian License Plates — License plates which correspond to Russian words
Funny Pictures — Real pictures of funny places
Links and Interests

External Links

Alexey Radul's webpage
Math Alive — A fun math course at Princeton University, where I was a part of the design team

Contact me.

Tanya Khovanova's Home Page

Random Quote

I believe in honesty and integrity. Someone asked me what I would do if I found $1 million on the street. If it belonged to a poor person, I'd give it back. - Anonymous

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I believe in honesty and integrity. Someone asked me what I would do if I found $1 million on the street. If it belonged to a poor person, I'd give it back.
- Anonymous