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How to mentor an exceptional high school student?
I have a unique and, quite truthfully, humbling opportunity. The parents of an exceptionally talented high school freshman have reached out to me and asked if I might be able to help.
This kid is ...
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Open source LaTeX lecture notes/slides/books [closed]
In the mathematics community it's quite common for professors to write their own notes for the classes they are teaching. The notes are then usually published in both PDF and PS form on the course ...
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Teaching Experience for Graduate Students. [closed]
I am currently a graduate student, who will (hopefully!) graduate in the next year (or two..). I have slowly come to realize that I enjoy teaching, and consequently want to do more of it! My main ...
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How do professional mathematicians learn new things? [closed]
How do professional mathematicians learn new things? How do they expand their comfort zone? By talking to colleagues?
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How to make a lecture series useful
I have been to a number of advanced lecture courses (of between 3 and 10 lectures) over the years, given (in principle) by experts to graduate students and experts in neighbouring fields. Examples of ...
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Using slides in math classroom
I am toying with the idea of using slides (Beamer package) in a third year math course I will teach next semester. As this would be my first attempt at this, I would like to gather ideas about the ...
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Simple definition of the Hausdorff measure using squared paper
I am giving a "non-technical" seminar in which I would like to give an elementary introduction to the Hausdorff dimension and measure.
For simplicity, I was hoping to give a more intuitive ...
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Mathematics and autodidactism
Mathematics is not typically considered (by mathematicians) to be a solo sport; on the contrary, some amount of mathematical interaction with others is often deemed crucial. Courses are the student's ...
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Social Reading Platform for Math or LaTeX texts
Social reading is considered to be one of the big trends that could be catalysing learning by reading. Features could include:
Highlighting or annotating paragraphs or single steps in a proof for ...
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What are some interesting grading/curving systems you have seen for a course? [closed]
It seems like every math course has something unique in how things are graded.
1) What are some interesting grading systems you have seen/used? (include curving types, etc.)
2) What are some pros ...
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Varieties as an introduction to algebraic geometry / How do professional algebraic geometers think about varieties
This really is two questions, but they are kind of related so I would like to ask them at the same time.
Question 1:
In a question asked by Amitesh Datta, BCnrd commented that it is important to ...
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Applications of Math: Theory vs. Practice
I have a problem: I learned about a lot of the applications of mathematics from academics. Neither they nor I have had much contact with the "real world" to go and see for ourselves how mathematics ...
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