Olga Malyuk

Mathematics,but you cantouch it.

I create visual explanations, animations and interactive tools to help people make sense of math.

Selected work

Finished pieces: explanations, games, products. Each one is built around a single idea.

Learning platform(1)

Axiomatica

In development, Site in Portuguese

A mathematics learning platform for secondary school and university students, now being built around videos, worked exercises, animations and test simulations.

Visual explanation(2)

Conditional Probability

Illustrated PDF, 16 pages, English

A visual guide to understanding how new information changes probability.

Interactive animation(3)

Where Is Pythagoras Hiding?

Self-paced, English

Pythagoras is hiding on Samos. To find him, you derive the distance formula and the equation of a circle from his own theorem.

Interactive mathematics20XXmathematics, 60%education, nonedesign, nonetechnology, 40%play, none(4)

Interactive Experiment

Concept, design, code

Short placeholder description. One or two sentences about what the piece is and who it is for.

Game / puzzle20XXmathematics, 33%education, 17%design, nonetechnology, noneplay, 50%(5)

Mathematical Game

Game design, code

Short placeholder description. A game or puzzle whose rules are secretly a piece of mathematics.

Lab

Small explorations in mathematics, learning and play. Animations, interactive sketches and ideas in progress.

001Animation
Still from the animation: a tree diagram where the blue and terracotta T-shirts each branch into three outfits, one for each pair of shorts.

Options for a Date

Ben is choosing an outfit for a date. How many different outfits can 4 T-shirts and 3 pairs of shorts make?

Watch the animation ↗
Portrait of Olga Malyuk, smiling, outdoors on a sunny day.

About

I’ve loved math since I was a kid, but I don’t think I really understood what it was until I started studying pure math in college. School had been pretty easy for me, so when things got harder, I realized the traditional ways of teaching weren’t really working for me anymore. I found myself getting lost in long lectures and chalkboards full of formulas.

I need to see math to understand it. You could call me a visual thinker. Back then, the resources I found online were a huge help, and they’ve had a big influence on what I make today.

Now I teach math using visual explanations, animations, and interactive tools that I create. Most of my ideas come from the things my students get stuck on and things I struggled with myself back then.