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@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyz
2025-06-05 20:37:49

As recently as last year I was recommending to my #Math students that if they were having trouble with an elementary algebra expression, they could try using the Google search bar to solve or simplify something. Maybe I should show them this instead.🀦

google's AI displays multiple algebra errors and arrives at a clearly incorrect solution to a search bar query about solving a polynomial equation.   (apparently my no-punching-down personal rule does not apply in this situation.)
@marcel@waldvogel.family
2025-06-01 11:25:56

For those who think that going out is the wrong thing to do today: Here's a quick puzzle for you.
#MathPuzzle #ScientificAmerican #DicePuzzle

Image from the Puzzle section of the printed edition of Scientific American:

Math Puzzle

Construct the Dice

By Hans-Karl Eder

Marie has one regular die labeled with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and a second cube that is completely blank. She labels this cube in a special way. If you roll both dice, you can get the following totals: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. The special part: all 12 total vaslues are equally likely to be rolled. How did Marie label the cube?

For…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-06-02 13:23:02

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Math and Physics Club:
🎡 When We Get Famous
#MathandPhysicsClub
shop.fikarecordings.com/track/
open.spotify.com/track/6fz974F

@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyz
2025-05-01 23:31:14

Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈 and the double rainbow 🌈 🌈 just now
#cats #CatsOfMastodon

All the way across the sky, what does it mean, Pedro?
@ubuntourist@mastodon.social
2025-06-01 11:12:05

#math #music #humor #comedy

CARTOON: Two children, a boy and a girl, at school doing math on a sheet of paper tacked to the wall.

TEXT: 

Q: Billy has four guitars. Suzy has one bass. What does Suzy have that Billy doesn't?

A: A gig. Suzy has a gig.
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyz
2025-05-03 13:54:54

Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈 having a sleepy #Caturday
#Cats #CatsOfMastodon

Glimpse of toe bean
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyz
2025-05-31 16:40:44

For #Caturday , Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈 is having some outside time. It's his birthday tomorrow!
#Cats #CatsOfMastodon

He will be 3.
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyz
2025-04-26 04:03:35

Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈 on a sunny spring day
#cats #CatsOMastodon #Caturday

Pedro has been inside all winter
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyz
2025-05-24 14:38:21

#Caturday with Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈
#cats #CatsOfMastodon

Caturday cuddles
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyz
2025-05-19 13:59:16

Our #PurdueFortWayne 🐘 #math department colloquium talks this semester, on #RealAnalysis #ComplexAnalysis

@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyz
2025-05-10 04:42:02

Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈 is looking out for falling space junk
#cats #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday

The pond does seem to attract random neighborhood trash, so the occasional crashed Venus probe wouldn't be a big surprise