jamespropp

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by jamespropp 3mo ago
I'd be curious to know whether anyone can find "God's number" for this puzzle.
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Solving the Flat Cube(mathenchant.wordpress.com)
7 points by jamespropp 3mo ago|2 comments
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by jamespropp 4mo ago
I agree (see endnote #5).
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What Bad Bases Are Good For(mathenchant.wordpress.com)
2 points by jamespropp 4mo ago|0 comments
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by jamespropp 5mo ago
Thanks for catching this! I fixed the error.
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by jamespropp 5mo ago
I added a sentence: “(Warning: This is sort of a trick question, so don’t expect a textbook-style answer!)” I hope that this will prevent others from being similarly frustrated.
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by jamespropp 6mo ago
I plan to continue using AI tools, but to do so in a mindful way, to avoid becoming addicted to them, and to be prepared to back off if I don’t like the direction they take me in.
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\Begin{Proof} Declaration(begin-proof.com)
2 points by jamespropp 6mo ago|1 comments
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What early exponential growth can't tell us about runaway processes
1 points by jamespropp 7mo ago|0 comments
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by jamespropp 8mo ago
Perhaps an additional Moral is, if a calculation can be done in an afternoon, it's probably been done before. (I say this because it's been pointed out in the Comments section of my essay that Jon Lu asked and answered the same qu
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by jamespropp 8mo ago
I'm not sure I understand your question. Given that it takes an infinite amount of time to write down the decimal expansion of pi, what might it mean to compute pi in finite time?
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by jamespropp 8mo ago
Thanks for catching this! What was in my mind when I wrote the first of those two sentences was the entirety of my past experience using ChatGPT as a research tool, and all the times it made mistakes. (For a funny example, see my January 17
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by jamespropp 8mo ago
As usual, I'm most interested in comments that will help me improve the article, but feedback of every kind is welcome!
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In Praise of Stupid Questions(mathenchant.wordpress.com)
3 points by jamespropp 8mo ago|8 comments
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by jamespropp 1y ago
I’ve updated this passage. Let me know if the new version is clearer.
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by jamespropp 1y ago
Thanks for pointing this out. I’ll work on this passage tomorrow.
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by jamespropp 1y ago
Yes!
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by jamespropp 1y ago
Do you disagree with my take or think I’m missing Witt’s point? I’d be happy to hear from people who disagree with me.
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Is Matrix Multiplication Ugly?(mathenchant.wordpress.com)
161 points by jamespropp 1y ago|110 comments
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Picturing Mathematics(mathenchant.wordpress.com)
109 points by jamespropp 1y ago|4 comments
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Randomness Made to Order, part 1(mathenchant.wordpress.com)
3 points by jamespropp 1y ago|0 comments
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When .999 Isn't 1(mathenchant.wordpress.com)
2 points by jamespropp 1y ago|0 comments
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Math and the Museum(mathenchant.wordpress.com)
4 points by jamespropp 1y ago|0 comments
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Is 1 Prime, and Does It Matter?(mathenchant.wordpress.com)
92 points by jamespropp 2y ago|151 comments
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How Pi Almost Wasn't(mathenchant.wordpress.com)
85 points by jamespropp 2y ago|55 comments
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Dedekind's Subtle Knife(mathenchant.wordpress.com)
45 points by jamespropp 2y ago|44 comments
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by jamespropp 2y ago
Richard Dedekind didn't just invent Dedekind cuts (and rings and ideals); he gave us a new way to think about (or avoid thinking about) the ultimate nature of mathematical reality.
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by jamespropp 2y ago
What makes the real number system different from all the smaller number systems it contains? Richard Dedekind found a simple answer: a geometric axiom that Euclid missed.
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by jamespropp 2y ago
This Mathematical Enchantments essay describes three contexts in which a sensible way to count how many times you've performed an operation is "zero, one, two, one, two, one, two, ..."
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Can Math Save Your Soul?(mathenchant.wordpress.com)
1 points by jamespropp 2y ago|1 comments

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