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Steve McCormick

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Steve McCormick

@Quasilocal

Sweden-based, Germany-adjacent, Scottish-Australian Mathematician. Geometric analyst who pretends to be a physicist sometimes.

Luleå

Joined February 2013

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Steve McCormick
@Quasilocal
Oct 19, 2023
Some thoughts on the struggles of mathematicians to keep our blackboard lecture theatres against myopic pushes to remove them (🧵) : Fundamentally, I believe that the disagreement comes from a misunderstanding of their purpose. The people pushing to remove them seem to (1/N)
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Steve McCormick
@Quasilocal
Feb 2, 2024
You are correct.
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Steve McCormick
@Quasilocal
May 31, 2023
Sorry mathematicians, it seems if you extend it a little more this new tiling doesn't work
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Steve McCormick
@Quasilocal
May 18, 2023
Based on the data collected, my tennis ball will reach orbit by tomorrow
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Steve McCormick
@Quasilocal
Jun 2, 2023
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Steve McCormick
@Quasilocal
Apr 10, 2021
Me: LaTeX is great because everything just is formatted perfectly without ever having to think about it! Also me: \vspace{-2.37mm}
Steve McCormick
@Quasilocal
Sep 12, 2022
"We have carefully included the thoughtful suggestions of reviewer 2"
Steve McCormick
@Quasilocal
Jul 25, 2024
People who studied math: I find programming so easy to pick up quickly People who studied programming: I can't do math at all so you don't need it for programming
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Steve McCormick
@Quasilocal
Apr 20, 2023
"And then we just cancel this infinity with that one and we get the answer"
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Steve McCormick
@Quasilocal
Jun 3, 2023
Math is not special. Like any skill, everyone can learn it if they put in the effort. Like playing basketball, guitar, or anything else that takes practice. Math is not special. If you struggle with it, take comfort in the fact that everyone struggles with it. 🧵
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Steve McCormick
@Quasilocal
May 27, 2021
The birth of QFT
Steve McCormick
@Quasilocal
Jun 7, 2023
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Steve McCormick
@Quasilocal
Feb 29, 2024
I just heard a PhD student say "I just need to get through one more week and then things will be less busy..." I didn't have the heart to say anything
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Steve McCormick
@Quasilocal
May 21, 2023
As promised, back to memes
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