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Category: Math

My Speech to 500 Australian Teenage Schoolboys About Mathematics

I suppose I should start with who I am and what I do and perhaps why I am here in … More

academia, education, games, Math, outreach, quantum, rants

New papers dance!

Two new papers were recently posted on the arXiv with my first two official PhD students since becoming a faculty … More

academia, annoucement, papers, quantum, quantum computing, research

One is the loneliest prime number

You can’t prove 1 is, or is not, prime. You have the freedom to choose whether to include 1 as a prime or not and this choice is either guided by convenience or credulity.

Books, education, Math, rant, stem

Why are there so many symbols in math?

“Mathematics is the language of the universe.” — every science popularizer ever

academia, Math, scicomm, stem

Daily activities to promote mathematical fluency in kids

An outline of a day in my life of practicing mathematical literacy. These are activities I do with all my children, ages 0, 3, 5 and 7.

activities, list, Math, parenting

What does it mean to excel at math?

“In mathematics you don’t understand things. You just get used to them.” ― John von Neumann

education, Math, parenting, scicomm, stem

The power of simulation: birthday paradox

The birthday paradox goes… in a room of 23 people there is a 50-50 chance that two of them share … More

birthday paradox, data, outreach, scicomm, statistics
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