There are lots of interesting math pages around. Here's an oldie-but-goodie: What's Special About This Number?, a page that's been online about as long as my own. The maintainer, Erich Friedman, is out to tell us something mathematically interesting about as many of the counting numbers as possible. This is a task which in one sense can never end ( Read more... )

I've had a hell of a time in this last month of my Master's program. Not only did I find out I'd been taking the whole thing far less seriously than I should have (and thinking I could just waltz into a PhD that way), I've been getting more and more upset about the quality of my work. I've procrastinated and coasted and taken my supervisor for ( Read more... )

From this morning's algebra class...

Dr. Lawrence: And finally I'll show you a theorem about simplicity, but I probably won't have time to finish proving it.
Me: It can't be very simple then, can it?

My life might be simpler if I could think things and not immediately say them.

- Z

Interesting. On the question of "LJ-cuts are good" versus "LJ-cuts are bad," the consensus was "post more, stupid." I can get behind that. As for LJ-cuts, I think I'll compromise and use them only when I make a post that's not just long but specialized.

To start off on posting more (stupid), here's something I was reminded about recently: ( Read more... )