Jim Fowler
@kisonecat.com
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associate professor in mathematics at The Ohio State University he/him
https://youtube.com/kisonecat
So happy that
OVFF.org
is so close to my home!
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Ohio Valley Filk Festival – for all fen with a song in their heart
https://OVFF.org
29 days ago
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Scatman John singing "skibidi" in...1994!
open.spotify.com/track/623rRT...
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Scatman (ski-ba-bop-ba-dop-bop)
https://open.spotify.com/track/623rRTKwGmgjH6sjE9uWLh?si=oNZuJbK2REay-CcAiFUVXQ&pi=_8Gl9rcSRmq-W
about 1 month ago
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World's worst calendar: label the 168 hours of the week by elements of PSL(2,7).
about 2 months ago
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(co)Brantley (co)Vose
2 months ago
I propose that the *true* center is the mean of every center currently listed in the Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers.
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kisonecat.github.io/triangle-cen...
lets you view a ton of triangle centers from
faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/encyclop...
all at once
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2 months ago
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Canvas expects me to organize my linear algebra course into modules -- surely vector spaces would be easier.
3 months ago
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Illad : Aeneid :: Despicable Me : Minions
3 months ago
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A fork() diverged in a unix process; the GPU was sorry it could not travel both.
3 months ago
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Vacuously-true Pliny on unicorns: "They say that it is impossible to capture this animal alive."
3 months ago
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"times square" involves less arithmetic than I might hope
4 months ago
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Landed in NYC!
4 months ago
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I use a directory 𝘹+1 for the academic year including Autumn 𝘹 and Spring 𝘹+1. (I feel super guilty for labeling the time interval using the right hand endpoint.)
4 months ago
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I sing of R^n and the manifold
4 months ago
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My local movie theater is a member of NATO
4 months ago
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No water in the math department No chalk on the chalkboard (apologies to
@tuneyards.bsky.social
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4 months ago
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"infinite possibilities" is a wonderfully optimistic tagline for apples
5 months ago
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Jim Fowler
Benjamin Cornish
5 months ago
Very excited to share Episode 2 of Un-Natural Numbers. The
#mathschatshow
all about a single number, this week the
#number2
. With fabulous guests
@kisonecat.com
and Cindy Jiao
youtu.be/N53Vvz6cCAE
I'm now looking for guests for episode 3, give me a shout if you're interested.
#mathsky
#mathschat
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Un-Natural Numbers: Episode 2
YouTube video by Un-Natural Numbers
https://youtu.be/N53Vvz6cCAE
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May the Cauchy-Schwarz be with you
5 months ago
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So the weight of the cars causes slight indentations where the wheels sit?
6 months ago
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@akivaw.bsky.social
I heard your name on Lateral!
6 months ago
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I'd forgotten about
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dob...
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Dr. Dobb's Journal - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dobb%27s_Journal?wprov=sfla1
6 months ago
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Jim Fowler
χle Ormsby
7 months ago
base ball cap
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Randall Munroe
7 months ago
PhD Timeline
xkcd.com/3081
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I really want hycean to rhyme with ocean.
7 months ago
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historically when was co- first used as a prefix to mean "the dual thing"?
8 months ago
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the K in K(G,n) stands for eilenberg-maKlane
8 months ago
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eager to watch a movie adaption of the filksong Dawson's Christian
8 months ago
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high protein? i want high dimensional!
8 months ago
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Topology warns me not to push the door open and door close buttons simultaneously, lest I disconnect the door.
8 months ago
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Happy √10 day
8 months ago
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the Galilean moons of Jupiter! but as a cell phone camera image taken through a telescope.
9 months ago
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=GClo...
would be a great story to tell in a multivariable calculus class
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Seeing the Invisible: The Beauty of Schlieren Imaging
YouTube video by All Things Physics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCloRHSyaGU
9 months ago
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Jim Fowler
χle Ormsby
9 months ago
Please help my mug did a topology
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Cat finds perfect spot
9 months ago
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gwern.net/doc/borges/1...
reminds me how much I enjoy Borges
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https://gwern.net/doc/borges/1951-borges-kafkaandhisprecursors.pdf
9 months ago
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Jim Fowler
χle Ormsby
9 months ago
AMS just released a survey that asks "What [...] will impact the field of mathematics and the mathematical sciences in the next 3-5 years?" I would encourage folks to use the fields provided and 'other' textbox to highlight the political the attacks on higher ed and funding. Check your inbox! 🧮
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Perfect, superperfect, ...
9 months ago
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Jim Fowler
Will "scifantasy" Frank
about 2 years ago
So
@lasertheboy.bsky.social
has absolutely hit it out of the park. "Teaching a Robot to Love" is heartfelt, funny, and incredibly clever. Here's hoping it gets the fully staged run it deserves!
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Niko Stratis
9 months ago
It’s time for the Milk Hotel to choose a side
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"I give you an empty box filled with gold" is funny because it means "every element of this empty set is made of gold"
9 months ago
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A lot of Disney movies end with everything on fire.
9 months ago
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Found out today that
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_C...
passed away -- I took "calc 4" (!) and diffequ from him and learned a lot. I inherited from him spelling out "s i g n" to distinguish it from sine.
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Harry Coonce - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Coonce?wprov=sfla1
9 months ago
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"What's the Formula, Künneth?" is a great homological algebra song by the band L.E.S.
9 months ago
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the monty hall GOAT is the greatest player of all time
9 months ago
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the meta-hall problem: behind each door is another three-door gameshow.
9 months ago
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wait wait MS Paint has a "generative erase" feature?! I had imagined MS Paint today was pretty much the same as it was on Windows 95.
9 months ago
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Having used X11 for most of my life (!), I switched this month to Wayland. Feels ever so slightly different...
9 months ago
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This piece of art in my house is called "the scream"
10 months ago
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"cool" lightbulbs are apparently higher color temp?
10 months ago
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Jim Fowler
χle Ormsby
10 months ago
Here's my letter to AMS leadership in light of
www.ams.org/news?news_id...
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