ron taylor

@math-doc-ron.bsky.social

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math professor at Berry College, mathematical dabbler, origami enthusiast, sci-fi buff and disc golf hacker. there’s no word in English for my style. (he/him)

Frazz knows that the students are the product and that society, employers, grad schools, etc are the consumers.
Frazz knows that in a functioning educational system, the student is the product, while society, including graduate and professional schools, are the consumers.
thanksgiving dinner circa 2025
a student dressed as me on Halloween early in the day versus late in the day.
"The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant" is an excellent book.
this is a great book.
even Magritte knew that that was no moon.
even Magritte knew that that was no moon.
a sign in a shop window in Bar Harbor, Maine reads: "they're eating the checks! they're eating the balances!"
a sign in a window of a shop in Bar Harbor, Maine reads "they're eating the checks! they're eating the balances!"
a visual discussion of how essays look in various programming languages.
a "poem" made up of song titles containing the word "dog"
a tiny Omega Star (David Mitchell) sitting on a fingertip
the "definition" of the spurious mathematical object called a "Dow encabulator": 1. Consider the following definition: Definition: A square matrix M is a Dow encabulator iff M is semibovoid and M satisfies one of the following two properties: (a) the elementary-matrix decomposition of M is non-reversible, or (b) no barescent vector of M is exempt from the differential functor. What are the different ways that a square matrix M could fail to be a Dow encabulator? (Don't worry about what any of the words mean since they're mostly made up anyway.)
Kirsten Taylor as black-belt, football coach, astronaut, rock star (clockwise from the upper left)
video thumbnail Scam School with Brian Brushwood
thanksgiving dinner
Cover art for Big Head Todd and the Monsters’ “Sister Sweetly” (1993): A color photo of the band standing in front of an old building.