Author Archives: Tyler Clark

Grad Blog on Twitter

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Tyler Clark

We are now on Twitter. Make sure you follow us, @AMSGradBlog.

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Sudoku

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Tyler Clark

As many of you may know, Sudoku is a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle.  I recently found an online database of Sudoku puzzles at http://www.websudoku.com/. Sudoku has a great deal of math involved in it. If you are interested in reading about the … Continue reading →

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Conference Presentations

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Tyler Clark

I will be presenting at the Western Kentucky University Mathematics Symposium this Friday and Saturday and have been working on my presentation. I have seen many speakers using Beamer, but I had not yet explored it.

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Math Jokes

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Tyler Clark

I think we could all use a little laughter to help us continue through our studying. I was reading through Carrie Eaton’s Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/mathprofcarrie) page yesterday and found a quite humorous joke. , and were in a bar. looked sad. … Continue reading →

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Should Math Be Taught in Schools?

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Tyler Clark

One of my professors (Dr. Autin) posted the following video on her Facebook page. The video gave me a good chuckle. Perhaps some people really do have this attitude towards math. Does anyone experience attitudes like this in their daily … Continue reading →

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