My Ten Favorite (Undergraduate Accessible) Sites for Recreational Mathematics
10. An excellent site to learn more about primes for students of various backgrounds.
http://www.utm.edu/research/primes
9. The Fibonacci Numbers are easy to define but never seem to run out new properties waiting to be discovered. This is a nice site devoted to them.
http://alas.matf.bg.ac.yu/~mm97106/math/fibo/fibo.htm
8. The number Pi also seems a common source of both interest and wonder. My favorite Pi site went down recently, so for now I'll leave a temporary link to this song.
http://pi.ytmnd.com/
7. This page has a nice library, indexed by subject. Plus Steven Wolfram is just really cool.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/
6. This small site contains nice answers to many questions undergraduates seem to be interested in.
http://archives.math.utk.edu/topics/index.html
5. This site is great for the non-Mathematician designed to correct common misconceptions. They also have some intelligent reviews.
http://www.mathmistakes.com/
4. This site is a collection of many of the more graphical Mathematics links. Be sure to check out the Mathematician trading cards if you visit.
http://camel.math.ca/Recreation/kabol/knotlinks.html
3. This is a good place for people to learn about the many different branches in Mathematics and even read some results in certain areas.
http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known-math/
2. Jim Loy's site is packed with fun reading.
http://www.jimloy.com/math/math.htm
1. My favorite Mathematical website of all.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/
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