The author(s) of the Moscow Mathematical Papyrus and woolly mammoths

Pretty surprising fact!

1. Yes, the teacher and principal are wrong. 2. Based on the discourse I’ve seen, this will be an unpopular opinion, but: To me it honestly doesn’t seem that important. If they are great at teaching 3rd graders but have this one blind spot—eh, it’s fine. Just let it go.

Niels Abel 💔

In math it often goes the other way. They'll present the most complicated theorem you've ever seen and say the proof follows from this

If mathematicians from history had nicknames, what would they be?

hello brat autumn

New book from Ben Orlin just hit the doorstep!

This is why proofs by contradiction are so fun.

What are some good books/papers on underlying theory of LLMs that are rigorous/mathematical? Worked with LLMs over summer for my internship and since I’m back in school, I think I’d like to dive deeper when I can.

Refusing to delete the 700 word footnote

Now I have truly seen everything