Recent Finds 3: Fact-checking the history of polynomials

After posting the recent video on factoring polynomials, I got a lot of really helpful feedback. In particular, Jeff Suzuki left a comment mentioning his lecture series on the history of mathematics. He has a number of videos on history of the cubic and quartic equation (which start here) and discuss how these formulas were… Read More Recent Finds 3: Fact-checking the history of polynomials

Recent finds 2: SoME3 and the need for math research exposition

The third Summer of Math Exposition (#SoME3) hosted by Grant Sanderson (3blue1brown) wrapped up this week. Over the past two years, I’ve learned a lot from many of the videos that people produce and it’s been really great to see all the high-quality explanations of math topics. So I am looking forward to seeing what… Read More Recent finds 2: SoME3 and the need for math research exposition