Jay Cummings
@LongFormMath
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Math prof. Author of long-form textbooks on proofs (https://t.co/YqXnxDmOe0), real analysis (https://t.co/3IGQ6BIx5Z) & math history (https://t.co/KkXMGTxCDK).
Sacramento, CA
Joined July 2019
🧵 My 3rd book is now out! It is on the fascinating history of math. How did people throughout history think about math?What problems did they care about? How did they express them? How were they solved? This book includes a lot of historical math. https://t.co/WQ3RRI6J4T
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Math History: A Long-Form Mathematics Textbook (The Long-Form Math Textbook Series)
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Two of my students are in a band and they made a cover of my math history song. I love it so much. Check it out: https://t.co/tQGpMrUroy
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I might have a new favorite proof that the harmonic series diverges. It's just so beautiful.
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In the age of AI writing, it is more important than ever to emphasize this to the next generation. Writing is not a simple record of what you think---it is one of the best ways to learn. And it is a means to uncover what you didn't know you believed.
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Showed my kids their first two Counterexamples in Analysis. Brains broken. Me happy.
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ICYMI: I wrote a math history song. (And I think it's actually pretty damn good!) You can watch the music video on YouTube: https://t.co/AKmEvN62M6 Or listen on Spotify: https://t.co/Slyu7hzr5H
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Little news: I wrote a song! It is a math history version of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire." I then got Tom Bedlam to perform it, and I turned that into a music video. Check it out! I hope you enjoy it! https://t.co/lRKwZz9IE4
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My latest YouTube video discusses why we prove things in math. Check it out! (And subscribe! I have a math music video that I plan to post next Wednesday that I think you will enjoy! 😃) https://t.co/f8sWdOZBzD
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Many of these series we haven’t finished and we might return to them. But fresh series ideas are appreciated! Thank you!
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My kiddo and I recently finished our 100th chapter book. :-) It’s been so fun, but I am running low on book ideas. Do you have recommendations? Ideally we want an early chapter book with lots of pictures, but feel free to suggest others too! Here’s what we’ve read:
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I am starting a sequence of videos on my YouTube channel in which I will cover the main content of my Proofs book. In the first video, I argue that learning proofs amounts to a "phase change" in your math eduction. Please check it out and subscribe! https://t.co/NYzGUMRvJQ
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I'm also playing chess with @MathMatize. He beat me in game 1. I beat him in game 2. Tiebreaks incoming.
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If you're at MathFest, please stop by the exhibition hall! I'm here cosplaying a real publisher.
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I write "long-form math" books. A few years ago I thought of the phrase "Long-Form Merch" and thought, "well, now I have to do it." I'll add more over time, but in case you want some fun math-based merch, you can check it out my Etsy store here: https://t.co/rU494mMWC8
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Being a dad is amazing. 10/10 would recommend. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!
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Going to make some YouTube videos soon. Today I worked on my best Grant Sanderson impression.
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If you switch doors, then as long as you guess wrong in the beginning (2/3 chance) you'll get the prize at the end. It's somewhat unintuitive, I suppose, but as far as probability logic puzzles go, it's fairly mild.
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