And now it’s my last request for my Fall 2018 mathematics A-To-Z. There’s only a half-dozen letters left, but nto to fear: they include letters with no end of potential topics, like, ‘X’.
If you have any mathematical topics with a name that starts U through Z that you’d like to see me write about, please say so. I’m happy to write what I fully mean to be a tight 500 words about the subject and then find I’ve put up my second 1800-word essay of the week. I usually go by a first-come, first-serve basis for each letter. But I will vary that if I realize one of the alternatives is more suggestive of a good essay topic. And I may use a synonym or an alternate phrasing if both topics for a particular letter interest me. This might be the only way to get a good ‘X’ letter.
Also when you do make a request, please feel free to mention your blog, Twitter feed, YouTube channel, Mathstodon account, or any other project of yours that readers might find interesting. I’m happy to throw in a mention as I get to the word of the day.
So! I’m open for nominations. Here are the words I’ve used in past A to Z sequences. I probably don’t want to revisit them. But I will think over, if I get a request, whether I might have new opinions.
Excerpted From The Summer 2015 A To Z
Excerpted From The Leap Day 2016 A To Z
Excerpted From The End 2016 A To Z
Excerpted From The Summer 2017 A To Z
And there we go! … To avoid confusion I’ll mark off here when I have taken a letter.
Available Letters for the Fall 2018 A To Z:
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
All of my Fall 2018 Mathematics A-To-Z should appear at this link. And it’ll have some extra stuff like these topic-request pages and such.
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Unit fractions. The only fractions the Egyptians used were unit fractions.
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Oh, that’s a great one. Thank you.
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How about “Xtreme” (Extreme) Value Theorem?
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That’s a nice way of getting around the shortage of x-starting terms. I might take up the chance, thanks.
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If you still have a J available, don’t forget Crow T. Robot’s concept of measuring volume by the amount of Jive Turkeys a space holds. Happy turkey day jive and otherwise.
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Aw, I’m afraid we’ve gotten past ‘J’ already (it was right past Thunderdome). Although I might be able to wrangle something out of volume.
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I have a Z: zugzwang (game theory).
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Ooh, that’s a nice one. Thank you.
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