Good morning stackers,
I finally did it. I decided to start my own territory. ~math was always one of my first loves, and my favorite class in college was one where all we did was solve math puzzles. Interestingly, that's the only class I took in college that discussed cryptography, and we learned the concept of RSA cryptography.
I don't know if I'll be a good territory operator, but I'll try.
Oh, and I didn't achieve my dream of paying for a territory in perpetuity using just CCs. Sad. But I did pay for the first month's bill almost entirely with CC's. Thanks @optimism and @Solomonsatoshi! heh heh
Congratulations SS,
There is actually a cool podcast by @Fundamentals from Rock paper Bitcoin fame called
Magic internet Math!Magic internet Math!
Could be cool to do some discussions from his pod on your territory
Cool, I might be interested in listening to that
Sample episode
I picked this one as it looks cool 😎
This podcast episode of Satoshi's Complete Writings, discusses the concept of Proof of Work in Bitcoin,
I'm happy to discuss the work any time. Glad you guys found it.
the main website is at https://www.magicinternetmath.com
Nice
I will surely contribute with authentic examples of Primary School Leaving Sch exam questions from Singapore
look forward to it, they'll probably be harder than my weekly puzzles
some of them make me weep n wanna tear my hair in frustration haha
how do you decide whether something is a real problem, or just a puzzle ?
context for why I latched onto that word choice:
one of my friends did a dual major for undergrad of math and physics, subsequently dropping physics; he summed up his disinterest as it all being "a bunch of puzzles", i.e. maybe entertaining or even challenging temporarily, although not giving any long-term fundamental insight.
he dropped physics because of puzzles but not math?
i see this with a lot with undergrads, they claim the problems are just puzzles and not real life problems, but they are short sighted because if you can't even solve a simple puzzle you won't be able to solve the real life problems either, at least not well
as to how I defined "a class full of puzzles": the puzzles weren't organized around a single mathematical principle. Some were about induction. Others about proof by contradiction. They all had narrative setups, like pirates splitting a pot of gold, or prisoners trying to escape, etc
Math. Interesting. Almost everything involves math
I'm excited about this! We'll be talking about everything from basic operations to the Pythagorean theorem. Keep up the good work, friend @SimpleStacker Good for you and for everyone who will learn from this.
Uh. Ok... Wanna celebrate your optimism, and cheer for you but like... why?!
Stupid question, but what's there to talk about?
the Riemann zeta function of course!
um, yeah sure.... what's there to say about it?
Do all the non-trivial zeros have a real part equal to 1/2?
ok, cool. Now English?
Do all the solutions to ζ(s)=0, where s=a+bi, have a=1/2? (Other than the "trivial zeros", s=−2,−4,−6,…)
Answer this and you could win $1 million
I believe I asked for ENGLISH!
YOU
COULD
WIN
$1
MILLION
The best way to attract @Scroogey in your territory is with some math puzzles...
EDIT:
So, math is a ~science, after all?
Or she rules over/unites the lesser beings, she being different from the ~science plebs?
I don't know. I think Gauss said it, and who am I to question Gauss
Just a stacker, a simple one, at that.
Congrats on the territory, by the way.
Very exciting. I’ve been noodling on a math post recently.
looking forward to it
and bonus is that now we can have posts in ~math ~econ
wooow, so we got both the queens there?? (with econ = queen of soc sci)
I want more posts about imaginary numbers! Ahah
I wish I had spent more time on math in university. I find that I am enjoying the heck out of teaching my kids algebra. Looking forward to learning something.
are you enjoying it because your kids like algebra? I like algebra but I wouldn't say I enjoy teaching it to my kids
Hmm. I like it, and I think my enthusiasm is rubbing off on them. But it is possible that I'm imagining this.
Fractals anyone?
Congrats on the initiative and good luck. You’re gonna need it! ~lol
Thanks! Hope to see some of your math posts here!
I am currently working on grade 2 math with my daughter right now. I will post for help when I get stuck. Haha
Congrats!
Best of luck. I hope we don't need to submit SAT scores to participate.
you just have to score higher than Gavin Newsom
My goal is for this to be the undisputed nerdiest territory on SN
Math becomes fun when you start to understand it
degen - normie - bitcoiner
All bitcoinners know: 1 Bitcoin == 0! Bitcoin
Congrats and good luck!