Dave Richeson

divbyzero.bsky.social

19 May 2025 01:20

Happy Friday! I was inspired by the cover art for Gödel, Escher, Bach to make my initials.

Gizem Karaali 🧿

gizem-karaali.bsky.social

19 May 2025 01:11

I guess poetry gods (goddesses?) knew I needed this today.

Dave Richeson

divbyzero.bsky.social

19 May 2025 01:09

Our college president, John E. Jones III, a former federal judge (G. W. Bush appointee), spoke in defense of higher education during our commencement today (see the three minutes: 39:57 to 43:01) www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW2E.... His comment, "The proper role of government is to promote higher

Dave Richeson

divbyzero.bsky.social

28 April 2025 23:39

I appreciate a thank-you note, even the briefest reply expressing thanks. As department chair, I do a lot of things for a lot of people. I always notice when a student or colleague says thank you or even acknowledges an email with 👍 on Outlook. How to win friends and influence people: say thank you

Dave Richeson

divbyzero.bsky.social

25 April 2025 18:46

My undergraduate honors thesis student, Megan Triplett, gave a great thesis defense yesterday on "Finite and Countable Dynamical Systems." The idea: if you have a function f:X→X, then you can iterate it to get a discrete dynamical system. "Orbits" have the form, x, f(x), f(f(x))=f²(x), f³(x),...