As the curriculum sequence is normally presented, we don’t usually consider tangent lines to curves until Calculus. As a result, taking a derivative might seem like the only way to find a tangent. Int

Benjamin Leis ✅ @benleis@mathstodon.xyz · May 13, 2026

Do you happen to know what the best way to format polynomial division in mathjax is @christianp@mathstodon.xyz ?

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Benjamin Leis ✅ @benleis@mathstodon.xyz · Apr 27, 2026

Replying to @stecks@mathstodon.xyz

@stecks@mathstodon.xyz I just got a full backup to convert over all the old pages. I will email you when it's done

Benjamin Leis ✅ @benleis@mathstodon.xyz · Apr 26, 2026

Replying to @lowrankjack@mathstodon.xyz

@lowrankjack@mathstodon.xyz ah missed that last night - thanks

Benjamin Leis ✅ @benleis@mathstodon.xyz · Apr 26, 2026

Ok my blog experiments continue.
I have a test version at https://benleis1.github.io/mathblog/

based on jekyll where I ported a few of my older posts and I'm fairly happy

Its markdown based, comments work and the layout looks good enough to start posting new material

Benjamin Leis ✅ @benleis@mathstodon.xyz · Aug 09, 2023

Replying to @nicuveo@tech.lgbt

@nicuveo@tech.lgbt I generally agree about discoverability. Mastodon works well if you have a network of people you're following but much less so if you want to build that network or if there is a topic you want to find out more about even with tags. Lists which do exist will be a lot more useful in the next version when the exclusive lists are added which filter out from the main feed. I really want binary operators for Hashtags which would make search across them much more useful ie. #math AND #puzzle I also read but ironically can't remember where that fill text search opt in was coming.

Benjamin Leis ✅ @benleis@mathstodon.xyz · Mar 24, 2023

Replying to @henryseg@mathstodon.xyz

@henryseg @csk @jsm28 I'm dreaming about the next bathroom tile already :)

Benjamin Leis ✅ @benleis@mathstodon.xyz · Nov 16, 2022

Replying to @feditips@mstdn.social

@feditips@mstdn.social Does it show all usages of the tag across the fediverse or just ones on the local instance?

Benjamin Leis ✅ @benleis@mathstodon.xyz · Nov 04, 2022

Replying to @benleis@mathstodon.xyz

@zkat@toot.cat Free text search / top posters is how I rapidly discovered who to follow for Covid, Ukraine, etc. I'm not actually sure how to replicate that here.

Benjamin Leis ✅ @benleis@mathstodon.xyz · Nov 04, 2022

Replying to @zkat@toot.cat

@zkat@toot.cat The downside is its harder to find people talking about the things you're interested in if you are already not following them. Basically you're stuck hoping you guess the right hashtag

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