Category Archives: Math and Me

I get personal with Mathematics.

The Original Hamiltonian Cycle – Continued

Posted on April 1, 2021 by jrh794

My latest discovery as I played with my wooden dodecahedron (read here for context) was a cycle that when repeated just once starting at the same vertex with a different edge covered all thirty edges. By the reasoning in the … Continue reading →

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What Do You Do with 729 Wine Corks?

Posted on June 23, 2020 by jrh794

What Do You Do with 729 Wine Corks?  You make a model of a Sierpinski Triangle. This gives a sense of scale. The corks were glued with wood glue.  That type of glue didn’t work with plastic corks much to … Continue reading →

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Retirement – Throwing Away Hurts

Posted on June 17, 2020 by jrh794

I will be gradually emptying my office this summer prior to my official retirement date in September.  I have (had) a full file box labeled teaching ideas which, to be honest, I have not looked into  in many years.  I … Continue reading →

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Retiring – Why?

Posted on June 3, 2020 by jrh794

The situation has changed and I am retiring.  To respond to my post, Not Retiring – Why? , my workdays still have intention but stressful intention.  As math chair I am making hard decisions for uncertain futures.  But mainly, I don’t … Continue reading →

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Non-conscious Deep Work

Posted on January 16, 2018 by jrh794

I enjoy visiting the Study Hacks blog.  Its author, Cal Newport, writes about organizing one’s tasks with emphasis on doing the deep work required of a college professor, in his case, proving theorems and writing papers.  His latest book is, … Continue reading →

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Command Index to Statistical Rethinking

Posted on March 21, 2017 by jrh794

I am having a great time working through Richard McElreath’s text, Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and Stan.  The focus is on building, testing, interpreting, and improving  statistical models.  It is absolutely empowering and I have begun to … Continue reading →

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Erroneous Proof Changed History

Posted on December 2, 2016 by jrh794

Well, maybe.  I learned of the existence of an alternate model for quantum behavior as I followed the story of a NASA test propulsion system that defies Newton’s Third Law.  The idea named Bohmian mechanics is based on something called pilot-wave … Continue reading →

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Making Myself Sad

Posted on May 11, 2016 by jrh794

Written this morning. I am making myself sad today.  Giving a test.  While they take it instead of catching up on my reports, I am exploring a list of topics (it goes without saying) on the internet.  Most were from … Continue reading →

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Infinity

Posted on May 10, 2016 by jrh794
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To Touch Wood

Posted on January 19, 2016 by jrh794

Old men like to tell stories.  At least this old man does. I – my knowledge, joy, “wisdom” – come from long experience and my stories are a way of explaining myself to the world.  To reminisce is an increasing urge … Continue reading →

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