Knowing a little about the local connections on flight maps and other networks can reveal a lot about a system’s global structure. bit.ly/3K43Wg7

In math, as in life, small choices can have big consequences. In this academy column, acclaimed math teacher Patrick Honner explains why local restriction in the field of graph theory can have global effects. quantamagazine.org/math-that-lets…

In graph theory, cliques identify areas of maximum connectivity and dependence, while anti-cliques identify areas of maximum independence. quantamagazine.org/math-that-lets…

Break up your morning with a few quick puzzles 🧩 Can you explain why it’s impossible to get anything other than a star in a connected graph with no paths of length 3 or longer? Find out. quantamagazine.org/math-that-lets…

Twitter is inserting a ~5 second delay in loading links to the NYT. Try it yourself! It's obvious. news.ycombinator.com/item?id=371300…

Can't wait to converse with Patrick Honner Patrick Honner on Sep 13 at 4:30 PM. Should be a real fun event.

Excited to be chatting with mathematician & novelist (!) Manil Suri at the Jaipur Literature Festival New York next week! We'll be talking about his excellent new book "The Big Bang of Numbers" on Wed 9/13 at the Asia Society. Details here: jlflitfest.org/new-york JLF International

If you are learning or teaching statistics this year, consider picking up my book Painless Statistics! Don't be deterred by the reviewer who said there are a lot of words — most are repeats. (And even they gave it ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!) #math #stats #Statistics amazon.com/Painless-Stati…

If you’ve ever backed a car out of a tight spot, you have engaged in geometry similar to the famous Kakeya conjecture. Patrick Honner explains the finer points of Kakeya’s needle problem in a new Quantized Academy column: quantamagazine.org/how-simple-mat…

What does a three-point turn have to do with a century-old geometry problem? No need to wait on pins and needles. Patrick Honner will point you in the right direction: quantamagazine.org/how-simple-mat…

How much space do you need to turn your car around on a narrow road? Mathematicians have been working on an idealized version of this problem for over 100 years. quantamagazine.org/how-simple-mat…

Kakeya's needle: a simple but rich puzzle. A lesson idea is stirring ...🤔 The South Yorkshire Maths Hub West Yorkshire Maths Hub YR Maths Hub Yorkshire and the Humber Maths Hub MathsCity Mathematics at Leeds @leeds_learning Learning Improvement Leeds Teaching School Hub @GORSEscitt Jonathan Hall Hannah quantamagazine.org/how-simple-mat…

I really enjoyed diving into Kakeyas Needle Problem with a new Quanta Magazine article! A huge shoutout to the writer, Patrick Honner, for highlighting the brilliant minds of mathematicians around the world! #Math #Innovation quantamagazine.org/how-simple-mat…

Lay an infinitely thin needle on a flat surface and rotate it so that it points in every direction. What’s the smallest area the needle can sweep out? This month’s Academy column explores some of the angles for solving Kakeya’s needle problem. quantamagazine.org/how-simple-mat…

Three point turns and some very clever elementary geometry in my latest column for Quanta Magazine! #math #geometry quantamagazine.org/how-simple-mat…

A look at the simple geometry that makes Kakeya’s needle problem so interesting and surprising that mathematicians are studying variations of it over a century down the line. quantamagazine.org/how-simple-mat…

The region swept out by the line segment in this animation is called a deltoid. It was once thought that the area of this shape is the smallest that could be made while turning a line in every direction, but it’s possible to do infinitely better. quantamagazine.org/how-simple-mat…

Solving the Kakeya conjecture might sound like a stretch, and that’s because it is. Explore the famous geometry problem: quantamagazine.org/how-simple-mat…

I'll be at NCTM later this week giving two talks: So You're Teaching Precalculus, with Gary Rubinstein, on Thursday A Case for Linear Algebra, on Friday mrhonner.com/archives/21563 #NCTM #NCTMAnnual #NCTMDC23

I'll be making "A Case for Linear Algebra" this afternoon at 4:30 at #NCTMDC23 #NCTM #NCTM23