Category Archives: meta

The Math Less Traveled on Patreon!

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Brent

tl;dr: I’ve just created a Patreon page where you can pledge to support The Math Less Traveled with a small monthly donation and become part of a community that will help shape future posts and topics! I’ve been writing this … Continue reading →

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New baby, and primality testing

Posted on September 30, 2017 by Brent

I have neglected writing on this blog for a while, and here is why: Yes, there is a new small human in my house! So I won’t be writing here regularly for the near future, but do hope to still … Continue reading →

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Now on mathstodon.xyz

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Brent

Christian Lawson-Perfect and Colin Wright have set up an instance of Mastodon—a decentralized, open-source Twitter clone—as a place for mathy folks to be social. It’s appropriately named mathstodon.xyz, and because it’s open-source they were able to easily hack in support. … Continue reading →

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10th anniversary of TMLT!

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Brent

It’s a little hard to believe, but The Math Less Traveled recently had its 10th anniversary! I started it back in March 2006, while I was teaching high school math. Since then I’ve written 333 posts (a bit more than … Continue reading →

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Carnival of Mathematics 132

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Brent

Welcome to the 132nd Carnival of Mathematics, a monthly roundup of mathematics-related blog posts! First, some facts about the number 132 (sourced from What’s Special About This Number? and Wikipedia. Of course, . 132 is a pronic number since it … Continue reading →

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Carnival of Mathematics 132: call for submissions!

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Brent

Next week I will be hosting the 132nd Carnival of Mathematics, a monthly roundup of mathematics-related blog posts. Anything math-related is fair game: explanations of serious mathematics, puzzles, writing about mathematics education, mathematical anecdotes, refutations of bad mathematics, applications, reviews, … Continue reading →

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FARM 2013: call for demonstration proposals

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Brent

Do you enjoy writing beautiful code to produce beautiful artifacts? Have something cool to show off at the intersection of functional programming and visual art, music, sound, modeling, visualization, or design? The deadline for submitting a paper has passed, but … Continue reading →

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Straightedge and compass construction challenges

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Brent

I haven’t written here in quite a while—I’ve switched into “work on research for my dissertation really hard so that I can actually graduate” mode, and with a 21-month old in the mix that leaves very little time for blogging. … Continue reading →

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Workshop on Functional Art, Music, Modeling and Design

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Brent

Wearing my PhD-student hat, I’m helping organize a workshop, FARM, to be held in Boston this September. I thought it worth mentioning since some readers of this blog—especially those interested in the intersection of math, art, and programming—may find it … Continue reading →

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What I Do: Part 0

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Brent

This is the first in a planned series of posts explaining what I do in my “day job” as a computer science PhD student. The idea is to write a series of posts of increasing specificity, but all aimed at … Continue reading →

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