the mathematics students
crisp, grey mornings
the scratch of pencil on graph paper
working through complex problems just for the joy of it
baroque era piano music playing in the background
a love of patterns and puzzles
writing out your favorite proofs again and again
advanced math courses, sitting with the upperclassmen
the dusty green of an empty chalkboard
formulas scribbled on your hand in pen
going through a problem again and again until you understand it fully
carefully sketched graphs
short, bitten nails
ice cold water
hands marked with graphite
using math to take apart the world around you
doodling fractals on scratch paper
memorizing digits of pi just to show off to your friends
the moment of clarity when a problem fits together
hair clipped back out of your face
looking for fibonacci sequences in nature
watching a long and complicated equation simplify down to something short and compact
If unit vectors always scared you for some reason, this neat little trick from The story of i by Paul Nahin involving complex numbers is bound to be a solace.
It allows you find the tangential and radial components of acceleration through simple differentiation. How about that!
Have a good one!
** r = r(t), θ = θ(t)
Kumamoto,Japan | takaphilography
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The Maiden of Llullaillaco, sacrificed at around the age of 15, was discovered with the other “Children of Llullaillaco” which includes a 6 year old girl and a 7 year old boy.
These mummies are so well preserved due to their position within a tomb atop a mountain within the extremely dry Atacama Desert. They are so well preserved, that their internal organs are intact, individual hairs on the arms can be seen and even one of the heart’s still contains frozen blood.
The deaths of the three children occurred by drugging the children with alcohol and coca, then placing them in the tomb where they eventually died in their sleep. This appears to have been a very well prepared process, as hair samples dictated that the children had extremely rich diets leading up to their deaths. The tombs were also adorned with elaborate dress and trinkets.
The boy however, faced a different death that could’ve indicated struggle or a different burial process. The boy was very tightly bound, and had dislocated hips and ribs and it appears he died under stress as the clothing contains both vomit and blood. Suffocation is the likely cause of his death due to the way he was bound.
Tired of this tension (T)
Incorrect AOT quotes
— Invisible String ( Taylor Swift, Folklore )
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