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[[File:Psychedelic Electrical Storm - The Claws of Axos - Doctor Who - BBC|thumb|left|The [[Third Doctor]] uses math to make [[Jo Grant|Jo]] keep focus. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'')]] | [[File:Psychedelic Electrical Storm - The Claws of Axos - Doctor Who - BBC|thumb|left|The [[Third Doctor]] uses math to make [[Jo Grant|Jo]] keep focus. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'')]] | ||
Some of the [[companion]]s of [[the Doctor]] studied or taught mathematics. [[Jackson Lake]] was a mathematics teacher. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor]]'') [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] taught mathematics at [[Brendon Public School]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'') [[Adric]] was awarded a [[gold]] star badge for mathematical excellence. ([[TV]]: ''[[Full Circle]]'') [[Zoe Heriot]] introduced herself to the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]] as "[[astrophysicist]], pure mathematics major", to which her colleague, Dr [[Gemma Corwyn]], added "with honours." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'') | Some of the [[companion]]s of [[the Doctor]] studied or taught mathematics. [[Jackson Lake]] was a mathematics teacher. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor]]'') [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] taught mathematics at [[Brendon Public School]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'') [[Adric]] was awarded a [[gold]] star [[badge]] for mathematical excellence. ([[TV]]: ''[[Full Circle]]'') [[Zoe Heriot]] introduced herself to the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]] as "[[astrophysicist]], [[pure mathematics]] [[Major (academic)|major]]", to which her colleague, Dr [[Gemma Corwyn]], added "with honours." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'') | ||
In mathematics, ''[[i (number)|i]]'' was an [[imaginary number]] that was the value of the [[square root]] of [[-1 (number)|negative one]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Iterations of I (audio story)|Iterations of I]]'') | In mathematics, ''[[i (number)|i]]'' was an [[imaginary number]] that was the value of the [[square root]] of [[-1 (number)|negative one]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Iterations of I (audio story)|Iterations of I]]'') | ||
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The [[Tenth Doctor]] mentioned [[recreational mathematics]], which involved the study of [[happy prime]] [[number]]s, numbers which are both [[Happy number|happy]] and [[Prime number|prime]]. He seemed surprised it wasn't a regularly studied course. ([[TV]]: ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'') | The [[Tenth Doctor]] mentioned [[recreational mathematics]], which involved the study of [[happy prime]] [[number]]s, numbers which are both [[Happy number|happy]] and [[Prime number|prime]]. He seemed surprised it wasn't a regularly studied course. ([[TV]]: ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'') | ||
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