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Retired Math Professor. Still learning. I remain a legend in my own mind.

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Tedious, yet routine, calculation.

12.10.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
"That Damn Gate" by Tiny Shiny Humans-- (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Ed Pettersen "That Damn Gate" by Tiny Shiny Humans-- (Official Lyric Video)

youtu.be/-kfgB_8w1gI?...

07.10.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trisected Rainbows and Braids New explicit procedures for passing among triplane diagrams, braid movies, and braid charts for knotted surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^4$ are presented. To this end, rainbow diagrams, which lie between braid...

We did a thing.

arxiv.org/abs/2510.04248

07.10.2025 14:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have you tried cross eyed stereo-opsis with these?

02.10.2025 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Needless to say, both the algebra and the calculus fact have to do the the change in volume of an n-dimensional (hyper)-cube.
The produce rule works the same way, but gaining intiution about these hyper volumes is tricky.

23.09.2025 18:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Try completing the square
A(x^2 + B/A x) +C= A[ (x+B/(2A))^2 - B^2/4A^2] + C
= A(x+B/(2A))^2 -[ (B^2 -4AC)/4A]=0
(x+B/(2A))^2= [B^2 - 4AC]/ (4A^2)
x =[ -B \pm \sqrt[B^2-4AC]] / 2A

12.09.2025 01:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do you suppose that the #daughterf^cker forgot the word
"ingenue" and quickly substitutued "enigma?" In general,
he had the vocabulary of a 5th grader. Ingenue would make more sense in the context of the birthday card. And, frankly enigma just sounds stupid.

09.09.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm very happy that you sent it to me! I get a lot of useful information from your posts. Please continue doing so.

21.08.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for this. Unfortunately, this was a problem upon which I was working. But I am happy that Inoue solved it.

21.08.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Hot Damn
YouTube video by Writ3rs Block - Topic Hot Damn

Here's another one from Writ3rs block. @kevinmcfoydunn.bsky.social
@cardcolm.bsky.social

youtu.be/5nZ1nlZNIeY?...

13.08.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
GODZILLA
YouTube video by Local Media - Topic GODZILLA

youtu.be/9J9_8TwQ6UI?...

13.08.2025 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you very much for writing these. The Taxicab article was charming. It's the only one I have taken the time to read so far.

03.08.2025 22:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Didn't anyone else noticed that on Friday, #trumpisadaughterf^cker stopped the media from talking about Epstein and start talking about his corruption wrt firing the BLS manager? Media took the bait. Maxwell got moved to a club-med prison. Crisis management: pile one crisis on top of the other.

03.08.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Ain't Got Time
YouTube video by Writ3rs Block - Topic Ain't Got Time

youtu.be/cVi5jfGFC2w?...

Writ3rs block Ain't got time.

26.07.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wouldn't it be a shame if #trumpisadaughterf^cker started trending?

22.07.2025 20:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Gold Rocking
YouTube video by Local Media - Topic Gold Rocking

@cardcolm.bsky.social @kevinmcfoydunn.bsky.social check it out

youtu.be/SY0wgMQbhAQ?...

22.07.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Now you can shout, "I'm a fig plucker. I pluck figs. I'm the best fig plucker who every plucked figs," as quickly as possible.

21.07.2025 02:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

WTF Adobe Illustrator. I just want to find a greek character set. I don't F^(k!ng need every one of your crazy ass fonts to skim through!

30.06.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Consider the metaphor/clique "bird's-eye view." Birds in the morning seem to be scooping insects and spiders from the air that are too tiny for human eyes to see. But do birds see fine details that we don't? Think of a hawk hunting her prey.
I am very grateful for another gentle introduction!

05.06.2025 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Polo

04.06.2025 18:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One can show: Somebody told me this. Or maybe there is somebody who can do this. In the best case, it took me several weeks and a large number of mistakes to be able to do this.

A well-known mathematical fact is like a famous mathematician. Both are oxymoronic. Emphasis on "moron."

03.06.2025 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*here

01.06.2025 18:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pretty much anything by Sly and the Family Stone and/or War. But just for the season, "Hot Fun in the Summer Time" (former)
"Summertime is Hear" (latter). Still don't neglect either repetoire. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

01.06.2025 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hair there and underwear

28.05.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh Well

28.05.2025 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

hmmm. I believe that Clinton was impeached based largely upon a residue left by his prostate upon a blue dress. While most treatments for prostate cancer include erectile dysfunction, I was unaware that a rigid member was necessary to execute the powers of the presidency. Live and learn.

19.05.2025 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Clairely

18.05.2025 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Remembering Pere Ubu's David Thomas, a frontman who preserved chaos Thomas' April 23 death at age 71 brings to a close one of the most significant avant-garde experiments ever conducted within the confines of pop music. Rock critic Ken Tucker reflects on his legacy.

One of the major influences @cardcolm.bsky.social :

www.npr.org/2025/05/05/n...

11.05.2025 02:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The quantity x^(n+1)/(n+1) is the (n+1)-Dim'l vol of a corner of the (n+1)-dim'l cube. The int^1_0 x^n dx is the same vol. It's not too hard to see that you can tile the cube with right rectangular pyramidal pieces. Related fact: the vol of the simplex {vec(x): 0<x1<x2<...<xn<1} is 1/n! .

05.05.2025 23:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I now think that derivative of x^2 is 2x is an arithmetical fact. 50^2=2500. 51^2= 2500+100+1. Roughly 2x50 more.
49^2=2401, roughly 100 less. Sim'ly, 48^2=2304, roughly 200 less, and 52^2=2704, roughly 200 more. This is related to @barbarafantechi.bsky.social 's remark.

03.05.2025 22:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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