Nathan Dalaklis

Certifiably bad dancer. Aspiring Mathematician, I also make a fool of myself on the Internet.

[Nathan Dalaklis @NateDLock]

ChatGPT did not recognize that the sequence of allowable words had sizes that were a subset of the fibonacci numbers and told me that “the topological entropy of the golden mean shift is approximately logφ but not exactly equal to logφ��� as it concluded it was log3 instead.

[Nathan Dalaklis @NateDLock]

Lastly I asked ChatGPT to do something even more niche and prove that the topological entropy of the golden mean shift was logφ. It proceeded combinatorially as someone who has first encountered symbolic dynamics would but…

[Nathan Dalaklis @NateDLock]

@duolingo out here taking the exclusive trapezoid stance in the trapezoid controversy.
https://t.co/c1QzLZ1rDp

[Clive Thompson @pomeranian99]

One reason so many American kids don't like math?

The adults around them hate it too, and *talk* about it

A survey of 1,000 kids found 75% heard an adult/parent dismiss math; 44% hear adults saying “I hate math"

My essay on generations of math anxiety: https://t.co/V0jvnFiRrx

[Randall Munroe @xkcd]

Oddly delighted by this phrase. “You know, eukaryotes—like sourdough starter or Conan O’Brien.”

[Nathan Dalaklis @NateDLock]

Staring at my fridge is my least favorite post qual activity but it does reset the brain

[Nathan Dalaklis @NateDLock]

Anyone else suffer from involuntary pomodoro when studying

[Nathan Dalaklis @NateDLock]

“You know what I meant” is up there with phrases that mathematicians should retire when communicating math.

[Nathan Dalaklis @NateDLock]

4. “it ill (hopefully) be over in 9 days”

[Nathan Dalaklis @NateDLock]

1. The more I learn about others qualifying exam process online or by talking to folks, the more I feel that my exam is unwarrantably difficult 😖

[Nathan Dalaklis @NateDLock]

3. It should be fine; I have already done Real Analysis (similar 8 hour exam— program requires 2 passed quals) Must return my head to a book, hand to pen and stop contrasting.

[Nathan Dalaklis @NateDLock]

I'mma need the positive vibes that waltzed through to stick in time with me so I can dance through the next 10 days at least.

[Nathan Dalaklis @NateDLock]

2. Just early rising in general, there's something empowering about completing all of my tasks before noon and having the rest of the day to be creative or just relax.

[Nathan Dalaklis @NateDLock]

Things I miss that I am trying to get back to:
1. Polyglot note taking; I used to take notes on projects and things I was working on in several languages (Ελληνικά, Magyar, 中文, and of course English) it made notes feel more personal and private; and they’d be a joy to read back

[Nathan Dalaklis @NateDLock]

Working on some Topology PhD Qualifying Exam Problems/Major Theorems 🤓😵🤨 https://t.co/IjPtEduYbq