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Math education and culture
Notes on how mathematics is taught, understood, and experienced beyond the classroom. Covers the history of mathematical ideas, how people actually learn math, and the cultural forces that shape who feels welcome in it. Digs into pedagogy, curriculum debates, mathematical intuition, and the stories behind famous problems and thinkers. For anyone curious about math as a human practice, not just a set of rules.
Five years on YouTube — and this is a video I almost didn't publish. For nearly a month, I kept…
Sometimes the calendar serves up coincidences that send shivers down your spine. September 27 is exactly that kind of day.…
Every date maps to exactly one day of the week. But how do you figure that out without a calendar?
The answer depends on what you count as a theorem — and how deep you're willing to dig.
One of the key guiding principles in mathematics sounds like this: "When you don't know where to start — start…
The answer is 92.
We'll save IMO 1988 Problem 6 for another time. For now, let's take a look at Problem 3. The statement…