Jordan EllenbergSmall baseball trianglesThis all started when CJ asked which three baseball stadiums formed the smallest triangle. And we agreed it had to be the Brewers, the…Jan 19, 2019Jan 19, 2019
Jordan EllenbergEditsNew Year’s Eve is a time to think about what we’ll remember from the year about to expire, so this is a post about memory.Jan 1, 2019Jan 1, 2019
Jordan EllenbergCities, Villages, Towns, and Scott WalkerSpeaker of the Wisconsin Assembly Robin Vos, still smarting from Scott Walker’s loss in his re-election bid, said “Evers win was due to…Jan 1, 2019Jan 1, 2019
Jordan EllenbergOn not staying in your laneThis week I’ve been thinking about some problems outside my usual zone of expertise — namely, questions about the mapping class group and…Nov 25, 2018Nov 25, 2018
Jordan EllenbergAmerican RevolutionI was in Philadelphia a couple of weeks ago with AB and we went to the brand-new Museum of the American Revolution. It’s a great work of…Jul 4, 20181Jul 4, 20181
Jordan EllenbergDid Tim Burns voters come through for Rebecca Dallet?Two liberal candidates, Rebecca Dallet and Tim Burns, combined for 54% of the vote in this February’s primary for the Wisconsin Supreme…May 2, 2018May 2, 2018
Jordan EllenbergThe Lovasz number of the plane is about 3.48287As seen in this comment on Polymath and explicated further in Fernando de Oliveira Filho’s thesis, section 4.4.Apr 25, 2018Apr 25, 2018
Jordan Ellenberg“The Great Ph.D. Scam” (or: Academy Plight Song)Thanks to the Wayback Machine, here’s my piece from the Boston Phoenix on the MLA, the first feature piece I ever wrote for publication…Apr 4, 2018Apr 4, 2018
Jordan EllenbergScott Walker and the noncommutativity of Wisconsin statute, part IIHey so remember last month, when the Walker administration didn’t want to fill two empty legislative seats, so they decided to treat the…Mar 19, 2018Mar 19, 2018