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Writer’s Blargh (prompts for student writing, prompted by my own writer’s block)

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Beth Malmskog

Sometimes I love writing. Sometimes I hate everything I write: mathematical, recreational, shopping lists—sometimes all the words I produce just seem icky. Writer’s block is not something that should matter in math life, right? It’s not adder-and-subtractor block! Alas, I … Continue reading →

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Lecture-less Modern Algebra and Foundations, Part II

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Beth Malmskog

This semester I decided to move away from the lecture format in my Foundations and Modern Algebra courses. I wrote about this back in March so I will refer readers to my earlier blog post for the reasons and outline … Continue reading →

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A jolly good fellowship

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Adriana Salerno

If you have read the “about me” part of this blog, you may already know that my first experience with writing about mathematics for a general public was the AMS-AAAS Mass Media Fellowship during the summer of 2007. I published … Continue reading →

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