don't ask why it just came in my head Quandary So you have a fair coin that you found on the ground, or at least that's what everyone says. But on each of N times that you've tossed it around, you see every flip has been heads. For which value of N should you start… Continue reading poem
Category: Stories
Story: the morning after Valentine’s Day
When I finally open my eyes and look at the clock, it is 8am. It doesn't feel like it's only been eight hours, though. I've just had a long and complicated dream that I can't remember much of anymore, except that I think I was running a lot, and trying to not die, so I… Continue reading Story: the morning after Valentine’s Day
A few shockingly linear graphs
There's a recent working paper by economists Ruchir Agarwal and Patrick Gaule which I think would be of much interest to this readership: a systematic study of IMO performance versus success as a mathematician later on. Here is a link to the working paper. Despite the click-baity title and dreamy introduction about the Millenium Prizes, the… Continue reading A few shockingly linear graphs
Notes on Publishing My Textbook
Hmm, so hopefully this will be finished within the next 10 years. --- An email of mine at the beginning of this project My Euclidean geometry book was published last March or so. I thought I'd take the time to write about what the whole process of publishing this book was like, but I'll start… Continue reading Notes on Publishing My Textbook
Power Overwhelming 