The path of math

My thoughts on mathematics and its practice.

Research after AI: less Tesla, more Steve Jobs

A short note on AI, authorship, credit, and the strange new division of research labour. Thanks Bill Burr!

11 min read · May 26, 2026

2026 · AI research authorship mathematics · research
When Abstention Lets Parties Reverse Positions

Single-peakedness does not by itself prevent leapfrogging under ideological abstention.

4 min read · May 24, 2026

2026 · spatial-voting abstention single-peakedness political-economy · research
Fair Shares in Cooperation

Shapley and Myerson value.

15 min read · March 20, 2026

2026 · cooperative-games Shapley-value Myerson-value coalition-formation · research
Collection of my favorite quotes

From books, TV shows, Films, Blogs, LinkedIn,...

3 min read · February 20, 2026

2026 · quotes funny · Miscellaneous
Trigonometry from the ashes of Calculus

Reconstructing the entire theory of trigonometry from Calculus

2 min read · February 18, 2026

2026 · trigonometry calculus differential-equations pedagogy · Exposition