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How To Eat A Cake

An approach to research from one of our PhD supervisors.

How To Eat A Cake

An approach to research from one of our PhD supervisors.

"Good" Schools

We recently received some questions about whether or not it "matters" to go to a "good" school for one's undergraduate education, so we thought it'd be a good idea to...

"Good" Schools

We recently received some questions about whether or not it "matters" to go to a "good" school for one's undergraduate education, so we thought it'd be a good idea to...

Don't Trust Numbers (Polya's Conjecture)

Numbers are funny things.  Perhaps one of the funniest things about numbers is the following: for every number, there are infinitely many numbers larger than that number. For example, there...

Don't Trust Numbers (Polya's Conjecture)

Numbers are funny things.  Perhaps one of the funniest things about numbers is the following: for every number, there are infinitely many numbers larger than that number. For example, there...

To PhD, or not to PhD

Disclaimer This is an article where I discuss the pros and cons — as I see them — of getting a PhD in a technical, abstract field like pure math...

To PhD, or not to PhD

Disclaimer This is an article where I discuss the pros and cons — as I see them — of getting a PhD in a technical, abstract field like pure math...

Generalized Factorials – The Gamma Function

NOTE: This is a technical article and requires knowledge of a) factorials, b) basic integration, and c) at the very end, some knowledge of complex numbers (you can get through,...

Generalized Factorials – The Gamma Function

NOTE: This is a technical article and requires knowledge of a) factorials, b) basic integration, and c) at the very end, some knowledge of complex numbers (you can get through,...

Why Is Math Hard?

It's pretty common knowledge that math is hard.  Some people love math, some people hate math, some people get really good at math, and some people stop after high school. ...

Why Is Math Hard?

It's pretty common knowledge that math is hard.  Some people love math, some people hate math, some people get really good at math, and some people stop after high school. ...