A photo of multiple clumps of tulips, all with pointy petals. The ones in front are peach-red with orange-yellow tips, the ones right behind it are a reddish purple with white tips, and the rest are varying shades of bright pink.
Yet more tulips!
Hey there, Tom Suozzi officially has a primary challenger! If you've ever complained about Suozzi here, get out there for Danielle! 🗳️
It's not magic and it definitely doesn't always work, but I try to get them to check themselves if they aren't sure what the rule is. Is (x^a)^b equal to x^(ab) or x^(a+b)? Well, set x=2, a=2, and b=3 and see what happens.
Of course, this only helps if they realize they aren't sure.
I'm not sure I want to say "best," but Asimov's "The Dying Night" (1956) discusses legal restrictions on the use of the psychoprobe by the police and explains why they're in place.
That's what I'd done on the previous line! Then I wrote out the multiple C's to show them that even if they broke it down into 9 different integrals, each with its own +Ci, it would have the same net effect as just doing the +C at the end.
A photo of two white boards next to each other with an indefinite integral written across both of them. It has nine terms, all of which are power functions or trig functions, and the last full line is the answer. The classroom has bright blue walls.
So this is what my Calc 1 class came up with and solved this morning. There was applause at the end. #MathSky
A photo of tulips by a sidewalk. The front clump has softly orange tulips, the back clump is bright yellow-gold, and a clump with lilac colored tulips is partially visible off to the right.
More tulips!
A photo of a cluster of tulips. Some are white and bell shaped, others are bright yellow and bell shaped, and a couple are bright yellow with pointy petals.
The Hofstra tulips are blooming!
Excited to announce that the application for Rethinking Number Theory 7 is open! This is a virtual research workshop with 6 excellent number theoretic projects. June 22 - July 3. Application on our website. Please share widely and DM me if you have questions! sites.google.com/view/rethink...
A photo of Frances Perkins standing behind a desk. Credit: Library of Congress.
If you work, you owe your thanks to former labor Secretary Frances Perkins – the architect behind the 40-hour workweek, the minimum wage, unemployment insurance, and Social Security.
On her birthday today and every day, America’s unions celebrate her legacy and leadership.
Some of you are also voting in the spring and summer in democratic primaries.
Some dems, like @tomsuozzi.bsky.social, have repeatedly opposed impeachment, censured fellow dems, STILL have said nothing about the threats against Iran, and are generally failing to meet this moment.
We can do better.
I love all black licorice from the salted Scandinavian stuff to jelly beans.
Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel.
King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.
Officially published! The three of us agreed to start writing this book together almost exactly three years ago, and I'm delighted that it's available. #MathSky
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
🚨NEW PAPER ALERT🚨
Julia Knight, Karen Lange, et al., "Computable Π_2 Scott Sentences," Journal of Symbolic Logic, online first, pp. 1-24
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Except for Pete Hegseth, whom I wish a somber and studious Easter, because whatever chatGPT summary of the Bible he is relying on has failed him and he should feel bad.
Stolen from the Internet: a bunch of yellow and pink Peeps (marshmallow candies in the shape of rabbits) with worried expressions drawn on them. Behind them is a toy Godzilla figure eating a yellow Peep, and looking angry & vengeful.
Happy Easter! Hope the Easter kaiju visits you all.
Yes! A former administrative assistant I worked with and her dog were allergic to each other.
Almost 150 entries from students in 30 US states, 2 Canadian provinces, and 5 other countries! It was a pleasure and privilege to organize this contest. Go read the winning essays and learn about some very cool people and very cool ways to use math on the job. #MathSky
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Ha! I think I'll leave Inky on. He's giving me some joy while I'm grading calculus quizzes.
I've been grading all day with that duck wandering around my answer key!
Oh! Also track the day of the week you do the practice, if you track something daily. That puts a categorical variable into the mix.
I love this idea, BTW. I track the times it takes me and a friend to do the day's WaPo crossword. We've been at it for ages and it's a great data set.
Amount of time studied/# of flashcards reviewed per day? (Could be a CLT-esque problem: the averages per week are probably normally distributed, though the time per day is unlikely to be.)
Depending on the language: new irregular verbs/week?
Quarterly fundraising reporting is approaching.
If you'd like Tom Suozzi to have a bad day, please consider chipping in $25 (or whatever you can afford!) to my campaign.
A few reasons he deserves to have a bad day, or: Why I decided to stop writing angry emails and primary Tom Suozzi. 🧵
Sandra Wong, the great granddaughter of Wong Kim Ark, is preparing to march at the #NoKings Rally in San Francisco. Today is the 128th Anniversary of the SCOTUS decision affirming birthright citizenship.
It was so nice to meet you in person and do some good work in the company of good people today! 🗳️