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Zero-sum, part 1

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Travis

Finishing up writing my final exams.  I am particularly proud of the last problem on my Game Theory final: Update 1 Sadly, my department head nixed this problem as is; or rather, he wouldn’t let me do it without having students … Continue reading →

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Never bring a differential operator to a knife fight

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Travis

This is probably my new favorite instructional gif:

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Birthday puzzle

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Travis

Today is my birthday. Being a mathematician, I noted that my age is the p-th prime number. Interestingly, p is itself a prime number, and if I add up all the prime numbers from 2 to p, I get my … Continue reading →

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Clues that you probably aren’t doing your Real Analysis homework correctly

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Travis

1. You include the phrase “If we stop and think about this abstractly for a minute.” 2. You invent new verbs you feel need to be encased in quotation marks, e.g. The set A is “functioned” to the set B. … Continue reading →

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See you later, alligator

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Travis

Perhaps you’ve heard about the infamous “crocodile problem” from the Scottish “Higher Maths Exam” (which I gather is something like the AP Exam, but administered in a delightful brogue). It’s a basic optimization problem that nevertheless stumped so many test … Continue reading →

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