Author Archives: Tyler Clark

How do you eat your corn?

In August 2010, there was a post on a blog titled Analysis vs Algebra predicts eating corn? The author mentions an observation that analysts eat their corn a certain way and algebraists eat it a different way. One way was to munch … Continue reading

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Spongebob’s House

I just ran across a video by Vi Hart titled Open Letter to Nickelodeon, Re: Spongebob’s Pineapple Under the Sea. (see the video below.) In this video, Vi brings up many interesting characteristics of pineapples. She also claims that it is … Continue reading

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LaTeX Commands

In light of the popularity of my post entitled Top LaTeX Mistakes, I thought it might be nice to list some helpful commands that make typesetting quicker. If you are not familiar with defining commands, you would define them in your … Continue reading

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Mathematical Terms

Earlier today, I was talking with someone who brought up “eigenvalues.” I answered their questions; however, I realized that I had no clue where the word comes from or what it really insinuates. In fact, there are many math terms … Continue reading

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Who’s That Mathematician?

Paul Halmos (1916-2006) was an American mathematician born in Hungary. He worked in probability there, statistics, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis. He received the AMS Steele Prize for exposition. Three of his books include How to Read Mathematics, How to Write … Continue reading

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