Hiatus

I will be unable to blog for the next two weeks. Two weeks after that, I’ll be moving into Christ’s College at the University of Cambridge! That is, if I can send my visa application in on time…

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Update and wisdom

I forgot to mention some things in the last update: This summer I will be at MIT for SPUR, which should be a lot of fun. I debated for awhile between SPUR and applying to be a PROMYS counselor, but after thinking about it I’m too excited about the opportunity for research to turn it [...]

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Adjectives

Apropos of nothing, I now have a new favorite mathematical term: “Fake baby monster Lie algebra.” And I thought “complex simple Lie algebra” was funny.

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Something that’s been bugging me

When you find a new math blog, do you go back and read its archives? This was a feasible strategy for me when I only found new math blogs every once in a blue moon, but now that Google Reader is recommending feeds to me I don’t think it’s sustainable. But now I’m wondering if [...]

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Self-referential jokes in popular culture

I can’t resist mentioning a joke I heard from an episode of American Dad. Stan Smith has this to say about his training as a negotiator: Hey, you’ve got one of the CIA’s top negotiators on your side. Y’know, I negotiated my way through negotiator training. I should’ve failed the hell out of that class. [...]

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