Friday, November 4, 2011

a week in the life

Here are some snippets (quotes/pics) from a typical busy, varied week!

I gave a lecture to a first-year calc class on Monday, and according to the two undergrads sitting in front of my prof during the lecture (he asked them afterward what they thought of me): "Deniz [the usual lecturer] is mathematically organized, she seems personally and spiritually organized."

Housemate Sonya brings home desserts for the rest of us!  :)

in discrete math, more fun with words...
Professor: A regular graph is strongly regular if  it's regular and... *pauses*
Classmate: It's strong.

The day *after* Halloween, the pumpkins were free.  So I brought one home and carved it up a day late...

Thursday afternoon: a hailstorm.

Also Thursday afternoon:
Christina (at 5:00): "So I'm going to go work on measure theory with my classmates.  I'm hoping to be home by 7:30."
Christina comes home at 1:30. 

This is what math looks like: four people collaborating on one proof.


My supervisor, today: "So I realized we had that nice long chat about research and so on on Wednesday...and I'm going to be on sabbatical next year." 

The distribution of grades on a rather challenging algebra midterm: 


Going for a walk in the afternoon before the time changes and it gets dark at 5:30...also taking advantage of the rare full sunshine.