Nick Straka

I try to teach math. PhD candidate at Texas Tech.

[Nick Straka @strakamath]

One of my favorite quotes https://t.co/qLX2KlW040

[John D. Cook @JohnDCook]

Technology has the shelf life of bread.
Mathematics has the shelf life of honey.

[Fermat's Library @fermatslibrary]

Oppenheimer on higher education

[Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz]

Temple Grandin has a piece in ⁦@TheAtlantic⁩ called “Against Algebra.” Since everyone is going to be discussing it in the next few days, I guess you should read it. It’s full of both interesting ideas and exasperatingly wrong ones. https://t.co/eux9OKt9l2

[∞ 𝕁uan ℂarlos @jcponcemath]

Getting ready to teach line integrals of vector fields: Work done by a force

https://t.co/O1yc61EppO

Images made with @geogebra + Slides @revealjs

#iteachmaths #opensource #mathematics #education

[Differential Eqns @diff_eq]

If a linear ODE has complex eigenvalues, solutions oscillate. If real parts are negative, oscillations decay exponentially.

[Nick Straka @strakamath]

An oldie but a goodie

[Analysis Fact @AnalysisFact]

The integral of an analytic function along a closed loop is 0 if there are no singularities inside the loop.

[Nick Straka @strakamath]

Life begins at conception and ends in an elementary school classroom.

[203 Shout Out @203ShoutOut]

D203 board members, Superintendent Dan Bridges, and all the teachers and staff, it's another tough day but you made the right call keeping the layered mitigation plan. Parents appreciate it as we all navigate through this week.

[Tungsteno @74WTungsteno]

Proofs without words: arctan 1 + arctan 2 + arctan 3 = π 📝
https://t.co/q6TiobeNfz
#math #science #iteachmath #mtbos #visualization #elearning #calculus

[Nick Straka @strakamath]

Happy 2022nd birthday Earth 🌍

[Nick Straka @strakamath]

https://t.co/IIF2FYaszI

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[Nick Straka @strakamath]

Is there an inverse relationship between how knowledgeable and analytical someone thinks they are and how knowledgeable and analytical they objectively are? Serious question, can't find any good research on this.

[Nick Straka @strakamath]

@madsreda 100% but orange also acceptable for social studies

[Fermat's Library @fermatslibrary]

Ramanujan discovered the following identity in the beginning of the 20th century

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The Von Neumann Randomness Extractor: How do you construct an unbiased coin from a biased one?

[Nick Straka @strakamath]

@RachelFruin @RobPorterNCHS Twins

[Nick Straka @strakamath]

@RachelFruin @RobPorterNCHS That's what I have exactly, sorry used \ for latex not division!

[Fermat's Library @fermatslibrary]

Here's an interesting integral involving the Golden ratio ϕ

[Analysis Fact @AnalysisFact]

Result by Bernoulli, 1697.