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Such is Mathematics.

This is so cool. I thought of giving you a warning for extreme coolness since the like button doesn’t cut it. Thanks for sharing. I lost my JPS and this gives me hope that I can get back to the Jedi Academy and hone my lightsaber skills with it's cutting edge technology.

I know top-level competition skiers often have a waxing team that specializes in applying waxes tailored to the snow conditions to achieve optimal performance.

There's also several videos on YouTube including the one below recorded a few years ago at the Perimeter Institute: And for more of Prof Leggett: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=anthony+leggett

There's also a short biography Prof Leggett on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Leggett

There are so many stories of women saving the day. It's sad that they get suppressed so often.

There are some interesting pop sci books where you can use physics to solve a math problem. Kids might like that reverse view. The book shows that nature is always computing. The Mathematical Mechanic: Using Physical Reasoning to Solve Problems by Mark Levi...

Many island countries face these issues. In New Zealand, biosecurity is strict: travelers declare risky goods, including food, plants, seeds, wood, flowers, animal products, outdoor gear, herbal meds, and natural products. Bags are x-rayed, searches are conducted, and sniffer dogs check...

Welcome to PF! What level of Physics do you teach? Precalculus physics? Calculus physics? AP? IB? What book do you use? How are the kids holding up? Often in HS Physics, there are those who like it and those who don't like it or understand it. What is your favorite field of interest?.

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Any influential parents of current or past students. Sometimes, external donor pressure could help. A more radical approach after exhausting all your options would be to go to the news and see if they'd be interested in running a series of stories on higher Ed and bad professors. What...

One other thing, have you visited the professor after class during his office hours? Most professors will help you understand why they use a particular method of teaching. There may be a method to his madness. One style of learning is a passive lecture style where students sit quietly...

I would consider it abnormal and have heard of incidents in Texas where a professor flunked his class, thinking they all used AI to do their work. When asked how he knew that, he said he gave their answers to ChatGPT and asked it whether they were AI-generated, and, of course, the ever-agreeable...

Collatz is definitely a fascinating math excursion. Grad students are warned away from it because its study can consume a lot of time, especially for someone with OCD tendencies. I play with it on and off and have discovered an interesting feature. Given a starting number, once a Collatz...

This may be original research, and by posting it here, you may have lost your rights to it. The better approach would have been to publish it in a mathematical journal. --- This happens a lot in patents, too. An exuberant inventor talks about his patent idea before he gets his patent. It...