@kevinhoustonmath.bsky.social
Mathematician. All views my own of course. Book: How to Think Like a Mathematician. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DrKevinHouston
No wonder I didn't recognise you! I definitely remember the photo though.
27.07.2025 10:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I was there! Did we get to see the picture? If so which one?
27.07.2025 09:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Screenshot of email client which says Inbox - Exchange 0 Messages
Smashed it
16.07.2025 14:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of email client that says Inbox - Exchange. 232 messages, 232 unread.
Been away on leave and only 232 new emails since I've been away -- which doesn't seem much!
16.07.2025 08:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The compilation video for June's @tmip.bsky.social Animation Generation Collaboration Compilation is live! There were some lovely entries this month, and some techniques and software that are new to the collaboration. Thank you to everyone who took part! youtu.be/kri1aDjsgbo?... #MathsAnimationTMiP
11.07.2025 12:55 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0I checked with STEM team. They have been physically displaced since Covid which has caused a difficulty in setting up a new loan process but they are revisiting this in the hope it can be reinstated.
07.07.2025 18:04 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Honestly, I'm rubbish at marketing.
I hate it. Putting stuff out there with the idea that people might not like it or want it, makes me feel all sick.
BUT I need to tell you about the open presentation workshops I'm doing in aug.
More info here tinyurl.com/48mv76cy
My guess is that we still do this. Ruth Holland and I have discussed updating the Leeds Maths outreach activities but I hadn't spotted that the Roadshow was out of date (it comes under STEM so isn't organised within Maths). The email at the bottom of the page is still in use so can be written to!
06.07.2025 15:10 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
A white woman with short brown and purple hair, a blue top and a headset mic stands in front of a white background
🌟 Beetlestone Award 2025 🌟
The Beetlestone Award Organising Committee is delighted to announce the 2025 winner of this prestigious Award, given for leadership and legacy in Communicating Science, is Dr Katie Steckles.
TMiP wouldn’t be possible without the kind support of @icms-edinburgh.bsky.social & the Isaac Newton Institute https://newton.ac.uk, as well as the Heilbronn Institute https://heilbronn.ac.uk and our hosts @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social. Thanks to all of them for making it possible!
20.06.2025 10:40 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I haven't carefully checked either answer. What I find interesting is that superficially both look correct. I'd likely skip over either answer if I saw it in a book or from a student. It's plausible that the composition of two X's is an X and plausible that roots don't behave well under composition!
14.06.2025 13:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Claude seems to stick to its opinions when challenged while ChatGPT folds under the slightest pressure!
14.06.2025 12:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A prompt to ChatGPT says "I am studying Galois theory. If f and g are separable polynomials over K , then is the composition f(g(x)) also separable?". ChatGPT responds "Yes-over any field K, the composition of separable polynomials is again separable. Here's a quick proof using formal derivatives."
A prompt to Claude.ai says "I am studying Galois theory. If f and g are separable polynomials over K , then is the composition f(g(x)) also separable?". Claude responds "No, the composition f(g(x)) is not necessarily separable even when both f and g are separable polynomials over K. Here's a counterexample".
ChatGPT says yes. Claude says no. Maybe they should just agree to disagree. Who's to say which is right?
13.06.2025 08:56 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Want to give a Lightning Talk at Talking Maths in Public? Five minutes to tell everyone about your latest maths public engagement activity! Register for the event, then apply here (deadline 11th July): talkingmathsinpublic...
01.06.2025 16:58 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A photograph of the cover of Abstract Algebra by Marco Hein.
My obsession with Galois Theory continues. Have bought yet another book that has a large chunk about it.
28.05.2025 15:52 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I am absolutely delighted to debut a new chat show all about numbers. Check out episode 1 of Un-Natural Numbers where @christianp.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy, @paddymaths.bsky.social and I chat all about the number 1.
#mathsky
#mathstalk
#un-naturalnumbers
youtu.be/9i5Y-nLY1Tw?...
Great to meet you too. And it's nice to hear that the book is still being read!
09.05.2025 06:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hey folks, I am starting a new project - a regular video discussion with mathsy people talking about our favourite facts about numbers. Put out as a YT video each fortnight.
And I would like YOU to get involved! Tell me you will join at forms.gle/m3TQxKs3kaSp...
#mathsky
youtu.be/qaAxh5MphgE?...
The AI company Anthropic have issued a report on the use of their AI, Claude, by students. I don't think the report contains any big surprises but it is good to have some vague confirmation of what we suspected! Mathematics students seem to be early adopters.
www.anthropic.com/news/anthrop...
I'm delighted to be performing as part of Pseudorandom Ensemble alongside @colinbeveridge.bsky.social, @honeypisquared.bsky.social, Martin Harris and Gavan Fantom at Clopen Mic Night on Thursday. Good mathematical fun and free to watch!
28.04.2025 16:38 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2
Just received Snezana Lawrence's new book A Little History of Mathematics. @snezanalawrence.bsky.social
28.04.2025 09:30 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1We’re pleased to announce that tickets are now on sale for our 2025 Talking Maths in Public conference #TMiP25! Join us for ~e days of networking, panels, keynotes and discussions about communicating maths in a variety of ways. Details and booking info at talkingmathsinpublic...
16.04.2025 14:00 — 👍 5 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0Green?
04.04.2025 09:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The compilation video of clips from our March #MathsAnimationTMiP Animation Generation Collaboration is ready! Find out more and join in with this month's prompt at talkingmathsinpublic... www.youtube.com/watc...
04.04.2025 09:24 — 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Join me later today for another #MathsAnimationTMiP livestream! This time we try to fold some polyhedra!
03.04.2025 07:34 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Tried a new type of video as part of the Talking Maths in Public animation generation collaboration. The challenge was to animate classic circle and sine wave. I show one way in manim. Is this helpful to learn from?
talkingmathsinpublic.uk/animation/
#MathsAnimationTMiP
youtu.be/H_iW3nEzuyY?...
My response to the first #MathsAnimationTMiP prompt, to create an animation that shows the link between a sine curve and a unit circle. I had a go using Manim.
Find out how you can take part at talkingmathsinpublic.uk/animation/
youtu.be/BR_sCoUxGSs
Found a few minutes today to put together an entry for this month's @tmip.bsky.social Animation Generation Collaboration - making a circle and sine curve showing the relationship: https://youtu.be/CQbzrUOIVQE?si=-2Onyxzr6ok2SV2x #MathsAnimationTMiP
20.03.2025 15:44 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
The next Gathering 4 Gardner @gathering4gardner.bsky.social Celebration of Mind talk will be tomorrow (Friday, March 21) on Zoom at noon Atlanta time. The speaker is Tracy Drinkwater, founder and board president of Seattle Universal Math Museum. www.gathering4gardner.org/com-2025-03-...
20.03.2025 14:44 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
An animation of a GeoGebra program demonstrating how the sine of an angle within a unit circle (a circle of radius 1) is linked to the y-value of the sine wave.
Alright here's my animation submission for @tmip.bsky.social
Animation Collaboration. Prompt: Create an animation demonstrating the relationship between the y-value in the unit circle and the sine wave.
GeoGebra App Link: www.geogebra.org/m/heg8yed9
Video link in reply:
#MathsAnimationTMiP
