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This is what I wrote in November 2017:
- Kevin Knudson and I were pleased to be on Relatively Prime, a math podcast by Samuel Hansen, promoting our podcast My Favorite Theorem. You can listen to our chat with Samuel here. Find out what I sound like when I have to be alert at 8 in the morning! (For the record, I was looking for the word “chutzpah” when I sputtered about luck at the very beginning of the podcast. Oh, morning brain! I think I redeemed myself by complaining frequently about how early it was.)
- Speaking of My Favorite Theorem, this month we published our episode with Henry Fowler, Navajo mathematician, chair of the math department at Diné College, and co-founder of Navajo Math Circles.
- Math education researcher Rochelle Gutiérrez came under attack from right-wing media groups in late October. I wrote about how I think mathematicians should respond to attacks like these.
- An article I wrote about the largest known prime number was selected for this year’s edition of the Best Writing on Mathematics.
- November 19 is World Toilet Day. I wrote an appreciation of the tilings we often use to adorn the bathroom/mathroom.
- It’s application season! I rounded up some advice for applicants and their recommendation letter writers.
- I spent a moment with an arresting portrait of Émilie du Châtelet.
- The Koch snowflake is pretty cool.
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