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Niels Abel was born 224 years ago, on August 5, 1802. At just 21, he proved that no general algebraic formula can solve equations of degree 5, a problem that had challenged mathematicians for roughly 250 years.

Short on money, Abel paid the printer himself and condensed his proof into just six pages to keep costs down. He sent a copy to Gauss, but never received a response.

Abel died of tuberculosis at just 26. Two days later, a letter arrived announcing that he had been appointed professor in Berlin.

A breakthrough recognized too late.

#NielsAbel #Mathematics #MathHistory #HistoryOfMathematics #Mathematician #Algebra #AbstractAlgebra #QuinticEquation #Quintic #GaloisTheory #MathematicalHistory #MathFacts #ScienceHistory #STEMHistory #STEM #MathematicalBreakthrough #MathematicalGenius #Norway #NorwegianHistory #CarlFriedrichGauss #Equations #NumberTheory #PureMathematics #MathEducation #ScienceCommunication #OnThisDay #August5 #History #MathematicsLovers #MathTwitter

I used to post long #VisualAlgebra threads on #MathTwitter before realizing that I was actually in #TheBadPlace. I'm going to make my debut #MathSky thread today, with visuals that I've never publicly shared. (Can you guess the topic?) I'm excited to show you, and I hope you enjoy!

1/19 🧵👇

a woman is sitting on a couch ...

@gruber @danilo

So that means #ScienceTwitter, #MathTwitter, #MedTwitter, #GeoTwitter, etc. will all prefer Mastodon, right?

I'm really happy about 'self correcting science in action' here. This is how it should happen!

See
@EAltruist
post:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/5d7P4gFpomfeLCHZw/unjournal-evaluations-of-artificial-intelligence-and

#openscience #econtwitter #mathtwitter #Artificial_Intelligence

Happy #FDOC! Today I'm mixing it up and using @solidangles' "Is It a Number?" adaptation with my #MATH596 ISTs. Very interested to see how this discussion goes.
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RT @solidangles
Hey #MathTwitter! Here's a little something inspired by @matthematician's "is-it-a-sandwich" activity and #HoagieHomies everywhere. 🥪

What makes a number, a NUMBER?

Would love to hear your thoughts! 🙂
https://twitter.com/solidangles/status/1495191640700604417

It's like, kind of noisy trying to keep up with all of you.
#scitwitter #mathtwitter #academictwitter

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06185-8?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tweepsmap-dailytwitter

it seems that for now #MathTwitter effectively became #MathMastodon (or simply http://mathstodon.xyz), whereas the rest of my Twitter neighbourhood pretty much stuck here

Hey #MathTwitter and #Mathstodon, do any of you use (e-)portfolios as your primary assessment strategy? I'm looking for the right digital tool for it that's not Bl*ckb*ard or a shared Google folder.

Hey #MathTwitter: How do you remember definitions?

As in, in what format do you store them as information? As sequences of logical information ("∀ε>0 ∃δ>0...")?
Or as more verbose ideas that allow you to reconstruct their logical content ("outputs get close when inputs do")?

Ok hi #mathTwitter folks! I’m Kim Ayers, assistant professor at Cal State San Marcos. Hoping Elon doesn’t destroy my wonderful online community, giving this a try :)

In case #mathtwitter ever migrates over here: hi all!

RT @[email protected]

Harvey Mudd College Math is hiring (all areas). Due date today Nov 1st, but we'll accept apps until the position is filled:
https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/20358

"Beginning Fall 2023, at the assistant professor level. All areas in the mathematical sciences will be considered... #MathTwitter

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/HaydeeLindo/status/1587517535028666373

Apropos of nothing, I guess I’ll give this whole tooting thing a try. #mathtwitter where ya at?

Especially #MathTwitter #MathOpt #ORMS folks