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The Liberated Mathematician
Personal blog · theliberatedmathematician.commathwriting
The Liberated Mathematician is a personal blog at theliberatedmathematician.com about math and writing. Since 2015, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Lattice Shapes of Rings of Integers of Number Fields: An Artist's Rendering [pdf]”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-05-08, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its critique of abstract, uninspiring maths education and the prestige norms that shape it. One commenter pointed to a thesis on the site as a welcome alternative.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Lattice Shapes of Rings of Integers of Number Fields: An Artist's Rendering [pdf]3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-12-09
What Hacker News says?
The "what other mathematicians respect" aspect can be rather hegemonical. This thesis I came across recently is such a breath of fresh air in that space and I wish more people did this - http://www.theliberatedmathematician.com/thesis/
Comment linking /thesis/
on “Why is the state of mathematics education so abstract and uninspiring?”Submitted Lattice Shapes of Rings of Integers of Number Fields: An Artist's Rendering [pdf] as a story · 11 points
HN discussionSubmitted “Respected research math is dominated by men of a certain attitude.” [pdf] as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Do Not Talk About Math as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I Do Not Talk About Math (2015) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Equidistribution of Lattice Shapes of ...: An Artist’s Rendering [pdf] as a story · 1 points
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