futurebird ,
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What the heck is a "Traveling Mathematician" ?

(and how do I become one?)

SylviaFysica ,
@SylviaFysica@scholar.social avatar

@futurebird Someone going for a random walk. A salesman with a conjecture. A magician who shows their work.

ShadSterling ,

@futurebird I really wish every school district had a handful of subject matter experts that would spend each day at a different elementary school and visit each school several times a year, to answer students questions that their permanent teachers don’t know the answers too. I’d start with mathematicians. The only thing I’ve seen like it was a physics education research project where undergrads in physics did that, and it sounded fantastic

glennsills ,
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@futurebird Whatever it is, you need to incorporate a top hat into the presentation.

dalias ,
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@futurebird Pre-COVID, you just wander into weekly talks/grad seminar/etc. at various universities with memorable topical questions until you get a reputation for doing it. 😂

Now, I dunno.

Christo ,
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@futurebird
A calculator on a bike?

FenTiger ,
@FenTiger@mastodon.social avatar

@futurebird Travelling mathematicians travel with travelling salesmen, to help them with their problems.

powersoffour ,
@powersoffour@mastodon.social avatar

@futurebird isn't that the full name of Gobo's uncle on Fraggle Rock?

llewelly ,
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@futurebird no idea, but didn't Paul Erdős travel a great deal?

stveje ,
@stveje@mstdn.social avatar

@futurebird A mathematician who works on the Traveling Salesman Problem?

dangrsmind ,
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@futurebird Erdos slept on his friends' couches and was essentially homeless.

futurebird OP ,
@futurebird@sauropods.win avatar

@dangrsmind

Homeless or HomeMore?

dangrsmind ,
@dangrsmind@sfba.social avatar

@futurebird I'm sure you already know about this story but this is a good first hand account from someone that met him.

https://shelftalkblog.wordpress.com/2018/11/12/the-homeless-mathematician/

SusiArnott ,
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@futurebird Pls stick with us (dispersed cohort)

albertcardona ,
@albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@futurebird

Paul Erdős comes to mind.

drewbob ,
@drewbob@weatherishappening.network avatar

@futurebird You just have to take the square route

futurebird OP ,
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@drewbob

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