Bill Wood

Mathematician, board gamer, multifunctional nerd, dad

[Bill Wood @MathProfBill]

Looking for math peeps at b*sky. I'm billarama over there.

[Bill Wood @MathProfBill]

@jamestanton College level, too. With enrollments declining, the focus on retention creates the same tension.

[Bill Wood @MathProfBill]

@MathAndCobb @Anthony_Bonato This. Understanding what a theorem is amounts to understanding implication formally. If anything I think we underemphasize this.

[Bill Wood @MathProfBill]

@shahlock I would have guessed it was a visual proof of a formula for the sum of odd numbers.

[Ranthony A. Clark, PhD @RanthonyClark]

Pedro Pascal as Math Textbooks—a thread.

[Bill Wood @MathProfBill]

@TedG Perfect! I'm teaching geometric series real analysis online and was looking for some nice links to post in this week's discussion forum.

[Bill Wood @MathProfBill]

@shahlock https://t.co/6u5kVKHlrs

[Bill Wood @MathProfBill]

Today I said "using root notation and fractional powers in the same expression is like changing the font in the middle of a word." This clearly resonated as many students visibly cringed.

[Bill Wood @MathProfBill]

@KristapsBalodi3 The classification of finite simple groups is happy bathing in its own filth.

[Bill Wood @MathProfBill]

@sfera314 The Euler spiral (Ci(t), Si(t)) knows its curvature.

[Bill Wood @MathProfBill]

@FinitePhysicist "general" is the word you are deliberately ignoring

[Bill Wood @MathProfBill]

@kimdayers @meresar_math I've wondered about this. Even before equity became a prominent concern, the EC always created a bias toward people who could travel.

We did JMM interviews, but it may be a convesation next time. On the other hand, that's about the only way to get travel funding now.

[Bill Wood @MathProfBill]

@mikeandallie It would be more fun (i.e., harder) if "none of these" were an option. As is, you can dodge understanding why II is true, which isa little sad.

[Bill Wood @MathProfBill]

@shahlock I have another one for you.

[Bill Wood @MathProfBill]

@ndchiappini Last time I looked I had a comment that said "I knew all of the material and still couldn't get more than a B on exams." If only there was some way to test that initial claim...

Anyway, I haven't checked mine in years.

[Bill Wood @MathProfBill]

The book is out! eBook available now at your finer internets, print should ship soon! #squigonometry

[Bill Wood @MathProfBill]

@JohnEstesMath This is a special book. Heavily influenced my thinking about discretizing problems.

[Bill Wood @MathProfBill]

@LongFormMath Did you know BANACH TARSKI has an anagram?

If you rearrange the letters, you can spell BANACH TARSKI BANACH TARSKI.

[Bill Wood @MathProfBill]

@ahc I think we are already there in math. I use automated graders on online homework all the time - the instant feedback is great. So I lecture less in class to reclaim the interaction we lost through homework.