I’m a math professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The purpose of this blog is to record interesting things I read, see, eat, hear, or otherwise encounter. My professional page is here. I wrote a novel called The Grasshopper King , which was published in 2003 by Coffee House Press.
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Quomodocumque 
Hello !
This would be a reasonable place to say what “Quomodcocumque” means, unless you want to make us work.
What does Quomodocumque mean?
The meaning is roughly that of the colloquial ” Whatever ” .
I have just read your -1/12 article — that is the name I have assigned to it — and it may be the best piece of popular mathematical exposition I have read in my 62.92060 years on the 3rd planet.
The article is particularly pleasing to me because I have been following the recent -1/12 controversy on YouTube. It is a doozy, setting wonderful bait for future mathematicians and enthusiasts.
Thank you!
You are NOT correct in assuming that you are entitled to simply post MP3’s from Winded or Dreamboat. I am the owner of Cassiel, and given that I have had people ask over the years if they can do stuff like this and always said ‘yes,’ wish you had made the very minimal to first google my name, reach out, and get the (legally required) permission.
Hey there, am hoping to send you email/note or ideally tell a long story short over call. I have a tale I think might be of at least complementary interest regarding an old post I have now stumbled upon here regarding DFW. Let me know how best to reach out
Hello! I’ve read both How Not to be Wrong and Shape at least a dozen times each- and my stats teacher keeps getting annoyed when I know something he’s teaching ahead of time, which is thanks to your books. I hope you write more books on applications of math in real life!
Can anyone help me understand the last sentence of the first paragraph on page 89 of Shape? In particular, “the mosquito spends two-thirds of its life in Bog 1, and only a third in Bog 0.” Recall that the escape probability from Bog 0 is 10% and from Bog 1 is 20%.
A typo! Sorry.