Kelsey Houston-Edwards

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Kelsey Houston-Edwards

@kelseyahe

math + writing + videos https://t.co/IvgZ58cTYU

Katılım Kasım 2014
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Kelsey Houston-Edwards
Kelsey Houston-Edwards@kelseyahe·
Teddy was a friend in my graduate program. US policies and infrastructure consistently prioritize cars over cyclists and pedestrians. It's enraging. And very sad. tinyurl.com/3um2c44v
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Kelsey Houston-Edwards@kelseyahe·
The rational numbers are so named because they are ratios of whole numbers. But, in the other sense of the word, they are not rational. I made a video about it: youtube.com/watch?v=G8dLWj…
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Quanta Magazine@QuantaMagazine·
Whether you realize it or not, you’re constantly doing math. In a conversation with @kelseyahe, the mathematician and author David Bessis argues that getting better at math is an effective route to self-improvement. quantamagazine.org/mathematical-t…
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Dave Richeson
Dave Richeson@divbyzero·
TIL: the US state of Arkansas has six neighboring states (Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Missouri), and it is possible to go from some point in Arkansas into each of these states by heading due south.
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Quanta Magazine@QuantaMagazine·
Late last year, four mathematicians came up with the densest known sphere packing for arbitrary numbers of dimensions — breaking a 75-year record. Kelsey Houston-Edwards reports: quantamagazine.org/to-pack-sphere…
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Kelsey Houston-Edwards@kelseyahe·
Lattices are simple looking patterns of dots. But lattice problems are really hard. They could be the basis for post-quantum cryptography. More details in a new video youtube.com/watch?v=QDdOoY…
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Brendan Kelly
Brendan Kelly@BmathK·
We are hiring a research scientist to support the exciting work happening in our introductory mathematics courses. If you know anyone interested in evaluation/educational statistics/math education please share this position with them. #iteachmath #jobDetails=1979083_5341" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search…
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