Bill Wood @MathProfBill

Mathematician, board gamer, multifunctional nerd, dad University of Northern Iowa Joined November 2013

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Bill Wood @MathProfBill

2 years ago

Looking for math peeps at b*sky. I'm billarama over there.

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Bill Wood @MathProfBill

3 years ago

@jamestanton College level, too. With enrollments declining, the focus on retention creates the same tension.

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3 years ago

@MathAndCobb @Anthony_Bonato This. Understanding what a theorem is amounts to understanding implication formally. If anything I think we underemphasize this.

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3 years ago

@shahlock I would have guessed it was a visual proof of a formula for the sum of odd numbers.

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Ranthony A. Clark, PhD @RanthonyClark

3 years ago

Pedro Pascal as Math Textbooks—a thread.

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Bill Wood @MathProfBill

4 years ago

@TedG Perfect! I'm teaching geometric series real analysis online and was looking for some nice links to post in this week's discussion forum.

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4 years ago

@shahlock imgs.xkcd.com/comics/nerd_sn…

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Bill Wood @MathProfBill

4 years ago

Today I said "using root notation and fractional powers in the same expression is like changing the font in the middle of a word." This clearly resonated as many students visibly cringed.

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4 years ago

@KristapsBalodi3 The classification of finite simple groups is happy bathing in its own filth.

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4 years ago

@sfera314 The Euler spiral (Ci(t), Si(t)) knows its curvature.

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Bill Wood @MathProfBill

4 years ago

@FinitePhysicist "general" is the word you are deliberately ignoring

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@kimdayers @meresar_math I've wondered about this. Even before equity became a prominent concern, the EC always created a bias toward people who could travel. We did JMM interviews, but it may be a convesation next time. On the other hand, that's about the only way to get travel funding now.

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Bill Wood @MathProfBill

4 years ago

@mikeandallie It would be more fun (i.e., harder) if "none of these" were an option. As is, you can dodge understanding why II is true, which isa little sad.

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Bill Wood @MathProfBill

4 years ago

@shahlock I have another one for you.

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Bill Wood @MathProfBill

4 years ago

@ndchiappini Last time I looked I had a comment that said "I knew all of the material and still couldn't get more than a B on exams." If only there was some way to test that initial claim... Anyway, I haven't checked mine in years.

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Bill Wood @MathProfBill

4 years ago

The book is out! eBook available now at your finer internets, print should ship soon! #squigonometry

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Bill Wood @MathProfBill

4 years ago

@JohnEstesMath This is a special book. Heavily influenced my thinking about discretizing problems.

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Bill Wood @MathProfBill

4 years ago

@LongFormMath Did you know BANACH TARSKI has an anagram? If you rearrange the letters, you can spell BANACH TARSKI BANACH TARSKI.

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Bill Wood @MathProfBill

4 years ago

@ahc I think we are already there in math. I use automated graders on online homework all the time - the instant feedback is great. So I lecture less in class to reclaim the interaction we lost through homework.