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Francis Su writes A Math Yawp, a personal blog at mathyawp.wordpress.com about math and writing. Since 2017, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Mathematics for Human Flourishing”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-15, and you can follow it by feed.

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2017–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 7 in 2017

Harvey Mudd College professor, and author of Mathematics for Human Flourishing. Writing mostly about math, teaching, joy, wonder, and flourishing. Click to read A Math Yawp, by Francis Su, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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  1. Mathematics for Human Flourishing
    10 people · 11 mentions · first linked 2017-01-09

What Hacker News says?

  1. stablemap · 2017-02-02
    Everyone I know who went to his MAA farewell address said it was wonderful. Definitely follow their link to read or hear the whole thing: https://mathyawp.wordpress.com/2017/01/08/mathematics-for-hu...

    Comment linking /2017/01/08/mathematics-for-human-flourishing/

    on “To Live Your Best Life, Do Mathematics”
  2. mathgenius · 2017-01-12

    Submitted Mathematics for Human Flourishing as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  3. mrkgnao · 2017-05-22
    > Christopher is an inmate in a high-security federal prison not far from Atlanta. He’s been in trouble with the law since he was 14. He didn’t finish high school, had an addiction to hard drugs, and at age 21, his involvement in a string of armed robberies landed him in prison with a 32-year sentence. > Right now, you’ve probably formed a mental image of who Christopher is, and you might be wondering why I’m openin…

    Comment linking /2017/01/08/mathematics-for-human-flourishing/

    on “Topics in Core Mathematics at Graterford Prison”
  4. lixxz · 2020-09-08

    Submitted Mathematics for Human Flourishing as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. mathgenius · 2019-12-19

    Submitted Mathematics for Human Flourishing as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. davesque · 2017-02-03

    Submitted Mathematics for Human Flourishing as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. vector_spaces · 2019-12-23

    Submitted Mathematics for Human Flourishing (2017) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. jordigh · 2018-01-12

    Submitted Mathematics for human flourishing as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. ColinWright · 2017-10-28

    Submitted Mathematics for Human Flourishing as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. ozansener · 2017-01-09

    Submitted Mathematics for Human Flourishing as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. HiroshiSan · 2017-01-11

    Submitted Mathematics for human flourishing as a story · 1 points

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