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tweeting about the struggles of math grad school

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Joined December 2013
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Difference between a poet and mathematician; poet gets his head in the heavens, mathematician tries to get heavens in his head. G Chesterton
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Credit to Spiked Math. #Halloween #mathjoke
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I don't understand how people are so angry early in the morning. Calm the fuck down and don't get your panties in a bunch.
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If A is a real symmetric matrix, there is an orthogonal matrix Q such that Q^T A Q is diagonal.
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A = QR is a 'QR factorization' if Q is an orthogonal matrix and R is upper triangular.
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General strategy: To find a solution in a small bag, find one in a bigger bag, then show any solution the big bag must be in the small one.
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The density of a graph is the ratio of the actual number of edges to the maximum possible number of edges.
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I enjoy that there is a beer named “DJ Jazzy Hef” – at Springfield, OR
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R.I.P. Philip Seymour Hoffman, who would've been 47 today
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Element 117 has been officially confirmed and added to the periodic table. bit.ly/1krTvgB
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Replying to @baltimoresun
Joint Meetings "@baltimoresun: 6,000 mathematicians divided by 2,500 talks multiplied by four days = ... bsun.md/19vxIFv”
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Replying to @math_grad
@math_grad @stats_grad Now we all know correlation doesn't imply causation, but I think we can safely assume that you'll miss your bed more
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And through the struggles of #onlinedating, I gradually realize that if I knew anything non-anon about @math_grad, shit could get real. Nbd.
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This year in science part 1. Full references on the page.
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Brouwer's theorem: Every continuous map from a closed ball to itself has a fixed point.
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Being an academic means accepting the fact that most of your family and friends have no idea and no interest in what you do.
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Every day that goes by I have less & less in common with my non grad school friends. #gradschoolproblems
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Replying to @math_grad
@math_grad it's one of the best tools we have for understanding the world. But too many kids are told algebra is useless.
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All I want for Christmas is to not feel obligated to give gifts for Christmas. Don't get me anything, people, I'm BROKE! #holidaystress
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