A list of advanced math tricks by Terence Tao

Re:A list of advanced math tricks by Terence Tao by ak_111 on Monday December 12, 2022 @10:06AM (#33955384)

Tangential, but it is interesting to note that it seems TT has been triggered enough by Elon's twitter drama to make a commitment in using mastodon. He has been very active in the blogsphere (and even google circles) for over more than a decade but I don't think he ever used twitter, somehow the recent drama has finally pushed him to start tweeting on mastodon.

So we all have Musk to thank if TT continues tweeting these high quality mastodon posts.

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Re:A list of advanced math tricks by Terence Tao by abdullahkhalids on Monday December 12, 2022 @02:21PM (#33958949)

Actually a number of mathematicians I follow on Twitter have all partially or completely moved to this https://mathstodon.xyz server.

I do follow them there as well, but its kind of difficult because my Mastodon timeline is all high-level math and requires a lot more mental engagement, whereas on Twitter there was always lighter stuff (from other accounts) in between the math.

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Re:A list of advanced math tricks by Terence Tao by deathofmurat on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @12:10AM (#33965078)

Do you know of any other places various mathematicians are active on? I love these sorts of posts

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Re:A list of advanced math tricks by Terence Tao by pohl on Monday December 12, 2022 @03:35PM (#33959883)

Sounds like you just need to find some lighter folk to round out the set you follow a bit.

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Re:A list of advanced math tricks by Terence Tao by ykonstant on Monday December 12, 2022 @01:44PM (#33958476)

I would be extremely happy if Terry Tao could pull young mathematicians into services like mastodon. It is hard to overcome inertia, and brand name helps a lot; especially when it is accompanied by extremely high quality exposition and a measured, polite attitude (because it sets the standards and atmosphere of the space).

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Re:A list of advanced math tricks by Terence Tao by sitkack on Monday December 12, 2022 @02:05PM (#33958740)

Mathematicians of all ages should sign up here, https://mathstodon.xyz/auth/sign_up

I like how it has built in support LaTex!

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Re:A list of advanced math tricks by Terence Tao by BeetleB on Monday December 12, 2022 @02:52PM (#33959283)

If you are on another instance and want to view the equations rendered, you'll need some sort of browser addon. Or if you're using Emacs:

https://blog.nawaz.org/posts/2022/Dec/rendering-latex-formul...

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Re:A list of advanced math tricks by Terence Tao by sitkack on Monday December 12, 2022 @04:06PM (#33960274)

I could see many domain specific fediverse instances. Music, 3d modeling, knitting, etc.

If you could I frame the content, then the origin could handle the proper rendering

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Re:A list of advanced math tricks by Terence Tao by j2kun on Monday December 12, 2022 @01:18PM (#33958087)

The math-focused Mastodon instance has a pleasant focus on math topics in a way that Twitter (before or after Musk) tends to interrupt to grab your attention.

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Re:A list of advanced math tricks by Terence Tao by jvm___ on Monday December 12, 2022 @10:31AM (#33955685)

mathstodon

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