Joel David Hamkins (@jdhamkins) 's Twitter Profile
Joel David Hamkins

@jdhamkins

Mathematics and philosophy of the infinite. Professor of Logic @NotreDame @UniofOxford #ProofandtheArt #PhilMaths #InfinitelyMore #BookOfInfinity

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1st June 2018 In Cambridge, in June, someone is taking a photograph of someone taking a photograph of someone taking a photograph.

1st June 2018
In Cambridge, in June, someone is taking a photograph of someone taking a photograph of someone taking a photograph.
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Rota I like this framing; I often tell grad students that it's important to try to cultivate attitudes towards one's work that make it fun, but I think there's a bit more to it. The positive signals one gets from doing math are kind of rare ("I proved something!") and a bit dangerous.

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What happens if you add the power set operation to bounded ZFC set theory? I provide an answer on MathOverflow. mathoverflow.net/a/495760/1946

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On Duolinguo, in the conversation Kai-san said that in Hokkaido he went hiking every day (mainichi Hokkaido de haikingu o shimasu), and the question was whether he went hiking every week, and I said yes, since if you hike every day, then it follows that you also hike every week.

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An extended excerpt from Lectures on the Philosophy of Mathematics, regarding abstraction in the function concept. infinitelymore.xyz/p/abstraction-… #InfinitelyMore #PhilMaths

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Mathematicians don't want you to know this secret, but you can just multiply both sides of an equation by 0 and you'll get a true statement.

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Realized today, while walking through Times Square in a downbeat contrapositive mood, that if there is anywhere where you can't make it, then you can't make it in New York.

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Infinite Connect Four, Infinite Connect Five, Infinite Connect Twenty, indeed, Connect Infinity! Can you find the winning strategy? Learn the surprising result. infinitelymore.xyz/p/infinite-con… #InfinitelyMore #FrivolitiesOfTheGods