What does it mean to shuffle a deck? Here are some of the slides I made for my @MathforAmerica talk at #MfAThursdayThinks last night. We did a simple example with a 3 card deck. (Thread) A state specifies what I know about the ordering (configuration) of a deck. (If you wish: a probability distribution on configurations of a deck.) 2/

Dear @graciegcunning,
Since @JoelChan86 @solidangles @hobbet and @mathillustrated all tagged me, I’ll take a crack at your first 2 questions: “how did they (mathematicians) know what they were looking for in theorizing about formulas, and how did they know they were right?” 1/

https://twitter.com/graciegcunning/status/1298804338727489536

One of the great things about math is that it equips you to see the unseen: things otherwise invisible. There’s structure—patterns—all around us, governing the motion of planets, the spread of a virus, the data that Netflix uses to guess what you want to watch next. 2/

I’m teaching a college writing course this semester, and I’m noticing a lot of ways that #writing is like doing #math. Here’s a short list. Can you think of others? (thread) #iteachmath 1. Both involve reasoning and making convincing arguments.