#Theorem

Greg Yang

TheGregYang

1/ The famous Collatz conjecture asks if repeating the following on any number always ends in 1: if the number is even, half it; if odd, triple it & add

Daniel Litt, in characteristic 2

littmath

Thread, lost due to computer crash and recreated: a mysterious connection between number theory (the analytic class number formula) and algebraic topology (the Dold-Thom theorem). 1/n The class number formula

Babak Seradjeh

BSeradjeh

1/ What is energy? How was it discovered? How did the concept become a bedrock of our modern understanding of the universe? — A Sunday 2/ What is energy?We

Sofia 🧹

typeswitch

I like nonstandard arithmetic...Here's a thread, a primer for the uninitiated.0/ What is "nonstandard arithmetic"? What is meant by "nonstandard"?The "nonstandard" refers to the use of non-standard models,

Kameryn Williams 🌸🍇🦋

KamerynJW

Upon learning about nonstandard models of arithmetic, one may respond that but yeah you can define ℕ in set theory so #whocare. This is this kicking the can down the

ken collins

kpcSci

A one-page Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem (the other three pages are an Appendix that discusses various applications of the same Maths.)Note: The doc is an old version. My resolution

Definitely not Jeffrey Epstein

NotJeffEpstein

1/4) I was thinking about why conservatives are united, but democrats/libertarians are a clusterfuck of false ScotsmenI think the answer is as simple as leadership. C's have more internal ideological

John Carlos Baez

johncarlosbaez

When they have trouble understanding a theorem, ordinary mathematicians ask: "What's an example of this?"Category theorists ask: "What's this an example of?"(1/n) I'm in that situation myself trying to learn

𝒎𝒚𝒌𝒆𝒍

mykllxndr

#MathChallengeI was presented with this opportunity in my Gen-Math class. I will post math topics for 2 days and tag 1 or 2 of my friends who have helped and

H A I L E Y

KMMFLICKER

random knowledge threadquote with your answers PLEASE INTERACT WITH THIS Columbia is the capital of which US state? What is the largest of the Great Lakes? What does "www" mean

Abhijit Gosavi

simoptim

Some Thoughts on #ORMS 1)We need to market our discipline better for far too many don’t know what we do and what we’re capable of. Should we write more conference

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s13GES

Nice thread on German assistance to their neighbours. It's fascinating, good chunk of pundits doesn't seem aware of it but comments a lot on how 'German doesn't rush to help'.

OliveGreens( ssr91170) Reloaded !

OliveGreens09

A very important confession on Small_Pox by a British physician JZ Holwell (FRS) about how Brahmins went from village to village to inoculate against Small_Pox & hardly One in Million

F Rodriguez-Sanchez

frod_san

This is very important. And it applies to any predictive model, not just COVID tests. Models with 95 or 99% 'accuracy' can still produce many false positives/negatives.1/nhttps://twitter.com/TomChivers/status/1247449207956537345 This figure n

ProfGhristMath

robertghrist

what ties together machine learning, rational homotopy theory, rough paths, lie groups, topological data analysis, and how to teach undergraduate vector calculus?a thread…1/ this is a long, paper-laden thread that

brooke

yohanthesun

the x1 members as math formulas; a thread (did this since everybody and their moms be calling oneits “algebra stans” ) seungwoo: the integrali mean i figured since he’s an