Jim Fowler

@shroomBurger13 The best thing to do at a visit is to talk to lots of the current grad students --- they're in the best position to tell you what it is really like.

@kisonecat Hey Dr Fowler, osu math graduating senior here - im visiting a grad school for my ms stats, what are some things to look out for and questions to ask?

It is grad student visit day! And I'm looking forward to the upcoming curl student and div student visit days.

Need a taskmaster wax seal in order to produce proper final exams for my course.

@TonyTheLion2500 Does this stabilize if you keep iterating?

This is fucking me up

World's worst calendar: label the 168 hours of the week by elements of PSL(2,7).

kisonecat.github.io/triangle-cente… lets you view a ton of triangle centers from faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/encycloped… all at once

Canvas expects me to organize my linear algebra course into modules -- surely vector spaces would be easier.

Illad : Aeneid :: Despicable Me : Minions

A fork() diverged in a unix process; the GPU was sorry it could not travel both.

Vacuously -true Pliny on unicorns: "They say that it is impossible to capture this animal alive."

"times square" involves less arithmetic than I might hope

Landed in NYC!

I use a directory 𝘹+1 for the academic year including Autumn 𝘹 and Spring 𝘹+1. (I feel super guilty for labeling the time interval using the right hand endpoint.)

I sing of R^n and the manifold

@2oovy @jack_ceroni fields, kernels, sheaves, stalks, germs

@jack_ceroni No, it should be MATH (math, applied math, theoretical physics, horticulture)

Please do not lump math and physics with the rest of STEM. We're better and built different.

My local movie theater is a member of NATO

No water in the math department No chalk on the chalkboard (apologies to @tuneyards)

@AlecEBG @JDHamkins en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London,_O…

@JDHamkins I'm willing to bet there are several Londons in the US

Here at Peking University, the brave child approached me as I sat on a bench overlooking a small lake on campus. Well, in truth the boy was urged on by his mother, who was filming the entire interaction. He started out with "Allo" and I replied. But then an awkward silence as he struggled to form an English sentence in his mind. Finally, out came his conversation opener: "How old are you?" I asked him how old he was, but instead of answering, he asked "Where are you from?". I said "New York", but this was a mystery, totally unknown to him. I repeated "New York" slowly several times and mentioned the Empire State Building & Statue of Liberty, but it was a complete loss. I might as well have said Wolvercote. We proceeded with the standard school conversation, "How are you" "Fine, and you?" etc. Eventually he learned I was American. I asked if he knew any cities in the United States. "London?" was his answer.

@Almost_Sure @zebedeem I say sigh for ψ but for φ I can never decide if φ rhymes with ψ or fee

@zebedeem you don’t say the p? psigh a psigh

Question for physicists: quantum mechanics is full of things like <Ψ|A|Ψ> for the expected value of observable A in state Ψ. But, how do you pronounce this while speaking? Just “Psi A Psi”, ignoring brackets, and hope that’s clear from context?

May the Cauchy-Schwarz be with you