Author Archives: Tyler Clark

What Do We Do!?!

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Tyler Clark

On November 28, @MathUpdate tweeted a link to a Quora topic titled What do grad students in math do all day? Khalid Kalbat suggested a Big Bang Theory segment as an explanation.

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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Tyler Clark

In 2011, I had the opportunity to travel to Memphis, TN to attend the Paul Erdös Memorial Lecture Series. Earlier this week, I finally got around to reading Paul Hoffman’s biography of Erdös entitled The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The … Continue reading →

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STEM Shortage

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Tyler Clark

I recently ran across a cartoon (shown below) illustrating the shortage in the STEM fields. It says that 75% of students gifted in the STEM fields decide to not pursue them in college. They also say that 40% of students … Continue reading →

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Top LaTeX Mistakes

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Tyler Clark

It is very easy to make mistakes when typesetting using LaTeX. John Cook and A.J. Hildebrand list some of my pet peeves. See below for my list.

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Black Friday vs. STEM

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Tyler Clark

I ran across a post by Data Science consultant, Cathy O’Neil, with a chart comparing the number of Google searches done by for Global Warming and Black Friday. You can see Cathy’s thoughts on this at http://mathbabe.org/2012/11/21/black-friday-resistance-plan/. I created my own chart (through … Continue reading →

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