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Jay Cummings
@LongFormMath
Math prof. Author of long-form textbooks on proofs (amzn.to/3oZrMNu), real analysis (amzn.to/2kjvMwh) & math history (a.co/d/8pLSo0C).
Sacramento, CA
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    Jay Cummings
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    Apr 22, 2025
    🧵 My 3rd book is now out! It is on the fascinating history of math. How did people throughout history think about math?What problems did they care about? How did they express them? How were they solved? This book includes a lot of historical math.
    Math History: A Long-Form Mathematics Textbook
    From amazon.com
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    Jay Cummings
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    Nov 7, 2022
    The engineering The math building on building on ever single every single campus campus
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    Jay Cummings
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    Nov 1, 2022
    I appreciate the honesty
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    Jay Cummings
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    Aug 8, 2022
    *when the villain in the movie has a PhD* Viewers without a PhD: Ah, they are just saying he’s a smart villain. Makes sense. Viewers with a PhD: Ah, grad school and academia drove him to madness. Makes sense.
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    Jay Cummings
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    Oct 31, 2024
    This must be tweeted every Halloween. I don’t make the rules
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    Jay Cummings
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    Sep 9, 2022
    When you were a carefree tenured professor living your best life, and then are suddenly forced to chair your department
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    Jay Cummings
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    Oct 2, 2023
    My student made this
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    Jay Cummings
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    Sep 29, 2024
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    Sep 29, 2024
    name a celebrity that deserves an apology from the general public
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    Jay Cummings
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    May 8, 2025
    The new pope was a math major in college. So if a students asks you what types of jobs there are for math majors, well, there you go. Start studying those higher powers!
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    Jay Cummings
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    Dec 2, 2024
    50 million impressions! Could her abstract be the most-read abstract in PhD dissertation history??
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    Dr Ally Louks
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    Nov 27, 2024
    Thrilled to say I passed my viva with no corrections and am officially PhDone.
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    Jay Cummings
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    Nov 21, 2022
    One of my Math History students sent me this
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    Jay Cummings
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    Sep 15, 2024
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    Jalen
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    Sep 9, 2024
    define “locked in”
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    Jay Cummings
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    Oct 31, 2022
    This must be tweeted every Halloween. I don’t make the rules.
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    Jay Cummings
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    Oct 14, 2024
    Isaac Newton has verified his email on Google Scholar. And has recently picked up a professorship at MIT. Good for him.
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