Tom Hudson

And that won't hold for any regular square grid larger than 2x3.

21.04.2025 11:48 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This feels like it ought to be a case of the Konigsberg Bridge Problem.

The Encyclopedia Britannica version of the modernised graph theory begins: if there is a path along edges of a multigraph that traverses each edge once and only once, then there exist at most two vertices of odd degree.

21.04.2025 11:47 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

They are a cute visit! Pity they're closed.

17.03.2025 12:37 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A late medieval illumination of an eared owl painted in shades of brown on a cream background, standing on a light green succulent plant with hints of pink. It looks toward the viewer with human-like eyes and a steady gaze.

A late medieval illumination of hens and chicks, a kind of succulent plant, in bloom. It is painted in shades of light green with hints of pink on a cream background. An unnaturally small eared owl worked in shades of brown stands on the plant, looking toward the viewer.

Contemplating the idea that the holidays are “over” and we should “return to normal work” with the same sceptical energy as this tiny eared owl.

Book of Flower Studies by the Master of Claude de France c. 1510-15, photo provided by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
#ManuscriptMonday

06.01.2025 07:44 — 👍 22    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

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18.12.2024 15:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Seventh-year PhD student, went on the job market ABD, there was an economic boom in our field so applications were down 85% as many people chased money in industry, got on the tenure track despite taking another 3 years to finish.

13.12.2024 10:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Third year PhD student, thrashing around not finding a topic, got tendonitis so I had to teach instead of research over the summer. Van broke down en route to a conference, most of the faculty left to find help, the one who stayed needed a student, had a topic, ended up my primary advisor.

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