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About njwildberger: tangential thoughts

I'm a pure mathematician, especially interested in classical geometry, hyperbolic geometry, Rational Trigonometry, hypergroups, Lie algebras and Lie groups, combinatorics, number theory, and the foundations of mathematics. I want to reorient modern pure mathematics towards a more logical, careful and explicit subject. I am an ardent YouTube poster, (user: njwildberger)---more than 600 videos so far. I have Playlists on Rational Trigonometry, Universal Hyperbolic Geometry, Linear Algebra, History of Mathematics, Differential Geometry, Algebraic Topology, Probability and Statistics and Math Terminology for Incoming Tertiary Students. And also one on K-6 maths education. I am also the presenter of the Future Lear MOOC: Maths For Humans: Linear, Quadratic and Inverse Relations.

Reason for a blog

Hi everyone, thought I’d start a blog to express and share more clearly and succinctly various mathematical ideas, thoughts, speculations and discoveries. I’ve got quite a few math videos at my YouTube site (called Insights into Mathematics at user: njwildberger) and in my MathFoundations series there I occasionally need a place to post longer streams of thoughts.

Might also share some of the admittedly mild adventures of a pure research mathematician, and answer questions that people might have. My mathematical journey has not been particularly standard, and I have been privileged to have stumbled across so much lovely mathematics. I would like to share some of that with you, as well as other speculations and opinions, a bit of personal stuff, some dreams and aspirations, and musings about this remarkable, difficult, and occasionally beautiful world in which we find ourselves.

Thanks in advance to my family for support, and to the Australian taxpayer who indirectly supports academics like myself, giving us a boost up, to see a little bit further. Hope you don’t hesitate to leave comments, ask questions, and share your ideas too.

Norman Wildberger, Sydney