Back in the Classroom — Week 3
Being back in person has reminded me of the power of names. I’ve always made it a priority to immediately learn all my students’ names. At the beginning of my career I’d do it on the first day. Twenty...
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Workshop — It’s All Linear Algebra
Tonight I’ll be running my workshop “It’s All Linear Algebra” for teachers at Math for America. This workshop is designed to show teachers how the big ideas of linear algebra — linear combinations,...
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What Hot Dogs Can Teach Us About Number Theory — Quanta Magazine
My latest column for Quanta Magazine was inspired by the true story of me being frustrated by a six-pack of hot dogs. If you’ve ever had to buy hot dogs for a cookout, you might have found yourself...
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2021 — Year in Review
A return to in-person schooling was the biggest news of 2021. I don’t want to be accused of burying the lede. Hanging out with a group of students in a classroom and talking math is so much fun.—...
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Here’s a tweet-per-month review of my 2021. Enjoy! January I couldn't help myself. https://t.co/CHbkXDrE1D pic.twitter.com/Qn7OjxLNuR— Patrick Honner (@MrHonner) January 2, 2021 February Today I•...
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Why Triangles are Easy and Tetrahedra are Hard — Quanta Magazine
My latest column for Quanta Magazine is a celebration of the Triangle Angle Sum theorem, a favorite result from high school geometry. Do you think there’s a triangle whose angles measure 41, 76 and 63...
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Pitfalls for Parents — MoMath
I’m excited to be joining Steven Strogatz this coming Monday for QED: Pitfalls for Parents, hosted by the National Museum of Mathematics. In this event, Steve — a renowned mathematician, author, and...
View ArticleMaking Math by Design — Queen’s College
I’m excited to be visiting Queen’s College on Tuesday to speak to students in QC’s TIME 2000 program. TIME 2000 prepares future teachers by having cohorts of undergraduates study math and education...
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The All 1s Vector
Here’s a short post based on a Twitter thread I wrote about a very underappreciated vector: The all 1s vector! Every vector whose components are all equal is a scalar multiple of the all 1’s vector....
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What a Math Party Game Tells Us About Graph Theory — Quanta Magazine
My latest column for Quanta Magazine explores some deep (and recent!) results in graph theory using a simple mathematical party game. Trying to get your entire group of friends to each shake an odd...
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