As Gordon, 70, of Redwood City, noted, "These days are like calendar comets -- you wait and wait and wait for them, then they brighten up your day -- and poof--they're gone!" His suggested Square Root ...
Today is Cinco de Mayo. And this year, the fifth of May is filled with mathematical joy. It is — Square Root Day! It all started in 1981. "I was writing a check in late August," says Ron Gordon, who ...