Editor's picks
When are two histograms similar? Fascinating article from @atrix256.https://t.co/XRh3LsiYd7#math #mathchat #statschat #mbpick @mathblogging
— Patrick Honner (@MrHonner) August 3, 2022
Great interview with @JohnDCook in @TheSIAMNews about the life of a mathematical consultant. Will definitely share with my graduating seniors, who have been asking "What kinds of careers can you pursue with math?"https://t.co/k6ZIwdA9pP#math #mathchat #mbpick @mathblogging
— Patrick Honner (@MrHonner) June 2, 2022
How can you find the average age in a room without anyone revealing their actual age? Fun post by by Tanya Khovanova!
— Patrick Honner (@MrHonner) March 31, 2022
Calculating the Average Age in Secrethttps://t.co/ATXB9DCTMV#math #mathchat #mbpick @mathblogging
Jim Propp, as thought-provoking/mind-blowing as ever!:https://t.co/kLUD4BGdNP
— Shecky R. πΊπ¦πΊπ¦πΊπ¦ (@SheckyR) March 18, 2022
(Ohh, and he taught me a new phrase, "pretty effing ineffable" ;)
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Everyone's talking Wordle... so you won't want to miss Grant Sanderson's take:
— Meta-Shecky (...πππ§ππ€π£-πππ¨ππ π‘πππππ€π§π’) (@SheckyR) February 7, 2022
#mbpick @mathblogging #informationtheory https://t.co/jU3tsSCeRU
Brian Hayes shines a light on twin primes and the composites they enclose... intriguing:https://t.co/bFYWnywKhb
— Meta-Shecky (...πππ§ππ€π£-πππ¨ππ π‘πππππ€π§π’) (@SheckyR) November 5, 2021
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Uncertainty rules...#mbpick @mathblogging https://t.co/mLhWNoe9SD
— Shecky R (...πππ₯ππππ‘ π₯π§ππ’ππ©π) Δ±llΔ±llΔ± (@SheckyR) October 15, 2021
"The Math of the Amazing Sandpile" (via J. Ellenberg):https://t.co/n6TNM0TSji
— πππ©π-ππ§π€π‘ππ! π’ (@SheckyR) October 7, 2021
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The favorite book of @benorlin that contains 100,000,000,000,000 poems. https://t.co/Vgyh5L0q0i#math #mathchat #mbpicks @mathblogging
— Patrick Honner (@MrHonner) October 1, 2021
Mathematician and writer extraordinaire @JohnAllenPaulos reimagines the Monty Hall problem for the COVID era.https://t.co/YoGFPnh2wO#math #mathchat #mbpick @mathblogging
— Patrick Honner (@MrHonner) September 29, 2021
Alice Silverberg's tragicomic stories about the awfulness of the mathematics establishment are always compelling, and seemingly endless.https://t.co/5g8SxqcAkr#math #mathchat #mbpicks @mathblogging
— Patrick Honner (@MrHonner) September 26, 2021
Measurement and statistical bias via Gelman & Fry:https://t.co/SwZopUSZcJ
— πππ©π-ππ§π€π‘ππ! π’ (@SheckyR) July 20, 2021
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Watching @andrejbauer's talk "The Dawn of Formalized Mathematics" and it's really enjoyable. An engaging and non-technical overview of the history of formalism, proof checkers, and proof assistants (including Lean).https://t.co/81NwoQKfjs#math #mathchat #mbpicks @mathblogging
— Patrick Honner (@MrHonner) June 27, 2021
Brent Yorgey on the difference between the mean and the median, from the perspective of error minimization. https://t.co/x04QAuqd2I#math #mathchat #statchat #mbpick @mathblogging
— Patrick Honner (@MrHonner) June 20, 2021
Alice's Adventures in Numberland is always worth reading. Here's a story about living with a professor's comment for decades.https://t.co/Fr9lqk1ndY#math #mathchat #mbpick @mathblogging
— Patrick Honner (@MrHonner) June 1, 2021
Jordan Ellenberg courtesy of Quanta Magazine:https://t.co/i6UC54jbh2#mbpick @mathblogging
— πππ©π-ππ§π€π‘ππ! π’ (@SheckyR) May 27, 2021
Sean Carroll with Emily Riehl on topology & category theory at his Mindscape podcast:https://t.co/mBnwpfcYjT#mbpick @mathblogging #math
— πππ©π-ππ§π€π‘ππ! π’ (@SheckyR) May 11, 2021