Recreational mathematician, educator, dog walker, coffee drinker
Joined February 2011
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Jim Wilder retweeted
28 Mar 2023
I may try to making some aperiodic monotiles like these Penrose tiles that @wilderlab gave me a few years ago. Who knows if my home cutting machine will cut these flexible magnetic sheets though...? Worth a try. amazon.com/Colored-Magnet-Sh…
28 Feb 2020
At the end of this extremely busy week I decided to take a break and rearrange my Penrose tiles: magnetic kites and darts that @wilderlab gave me a few years ago.
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Jim Wilder retweeted
28 Jan 2023
"No moral, no message, no prophetic tract, just a simple statement of fact: for civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized."
Rod Serling
Tyre Nelson DOB: (June 5, 1993)
Murdered: (January 10, 2023)
Tyre Nichols: "Beautiful soul with creative eye."
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Jim Wilder retweeted
11 Jan 2023
RIP Jeff Beck. A pioneer and one of the all time greats. #jeffbeck
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Jim Wilder retweeted
11 Jan 2023
We are deeply saddened to hear of Jeff Beck’s passing. He was and always will be an inspiration. Our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and fans. Rest easy, Jeff. Thank you for the music.
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Jim Wilder retweeted
27 Nov 2022
Did you know that any two polygons with equal area are "scissors congruent"? I outline a simple proof in this column for @QuantaMagazine.
#math #geometry
quantamagazine.org/simple-ge…
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24 Nov 2022
The Infinity Set: Cantor fork, Recursive spoon, and Koch knife... #HappyThanksgiving fractalforums.com/index.php?…
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23 Nov 2022
For the 327th day: φ(327) = 216, φ(216) = 72, φ(72) = 24, φ(24) = 8, φ(8) = 4, φ(4) = 2, φ(2) = 1, and 216 72 24 8 4 2 1 = 327
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15 Nov 2022
Fours and exponents:
4624 = 4⁴ 4⁶ 4² 4⁴
595968 = 4⁵ 4⁹ 4⁵ 4⁹ 4⁶ 4⁸
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14 Nov 2022
Exponents in reverse:
48625 = 4⁵ 8² 6⁶ 2⁸ 5⁴
397612 = 3² 9¹ 7⁶ 6⁷ 1⁹ 2³
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Jim Wilder retweeted
8 Oct 2022
Sixty three years ago in October 1959, The Twilight Zone premiered. As my dad said: The writer’s role is to menace the public’s conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism and he must focus on the issues of his time.
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Jim Wilder retweeted
28 Sep 2022
Someone once asked me to name two words that contain the string “nkn”
Sadly, the answer is unknown and unknowable.
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