User:Triathematician

I'm a Christian because God said he loves me. I'm also a mathematician and teacher and as of late 2007 a Wikipedian. By training I'm a topologist or geometer. In practice, I suppose I'm an algebraist. So in general, I'm rather confused.

Links

 * for my son, who functions continuously: MAP
 * edits page
 * about my faith

On mathematical writing, I believe...

 * mathematics is easy: the only hard part about it is the notation and vocabulary
 * writing mathematics is hard: the only easy part about it is obfuscating your meaning
 * 99% of mathematics can be understood by everyone
 * good mathematics is not good unless it's communicated well
 * you should write mathematics for your audience, not yourself
 * writing mathematics without including figures is almost always lazy (and I am guilty of this)

My favorites

 * Philosopher: Blaise Pascal
 * Mathematician: Euler
 * Mathematical equation: $e^{i\pi}=-1$ (yeah... it's generic)
 * Number: φ
 * Book: Blue Like Jazz
 * Trilogy: The Lord of the Rings
 * Good movie: Good Will Hunting
 * Bad movie: A Life Less Ordinary
 * Band: Lifehouse (or Good Charlotte)
 * Sport: Triathlon
 * Website: http://www.mapmyrun.com
 * WikiFarm: http://www.wikidot.com

Links that I put here for some reason

 * knot theory

test edit
testing testing