Jay Cummings

@LongFormMath

Math prof. Author of long-form textbooks on proofs (amzn.to/3oZrMNu), real analysis (amzn.to/2kjvMwh) & math history (a.co/d/8pLSo0C).

Sacramento, CA

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Jay Cummings
@LongFormMath
Apr 22, 2025
🧵 My 3rd book is now out! It is on the fascinating history of math. How did people throughout history think about math?What problems did they care about? How did they express them? How were they solved? This book includes a lot of historical math.
Math History: A Long-Form Mathematics Textbook
From amazon.com
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Jay Cummings
@LongFormMath
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Each paper is converted to a numeric code. Each paper’s coded text must appear somewhere in the digits of pi. Just need to know which digit position to start reading. To learn that position, mathematicians have to solve a sequence of riddles. This is where MrBeast comes in.
Gonzalo Cao-Labora
@GonZalocla
Sep 21
This advisory group created by IAS is advising OpenAI in how to release their math results Mathematicians can give their opinion in this link agmai.org I share publicly my opinion below (more than happy to have debate / disagreements in the responses!)
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Jay Cummings
@LongFormMath
Sep 21
Decades worth of “progress” can now be accomplished in 3 weeks using a single model. The era of theorem abundance is here.
OpenAI
@OpenAI
Sep 21
We’re working with an independent advisory group of mathematicians to help OpenAI responsibly share advances in AI and mathematics. The group will advise on how we assess and communicate new mathematical results, uphold academic and professional standards, and build tools that
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Jay Cummings
@LongFormMath
Sep 18
Math Files
@Math_files
Sep 16
The Bernoullis were more than a family of mathematicians; they formed a remarkable mathematical dynasty. Across several generations, Jacob, Johann, Daniel, and others made important contributions to mathematics and mathematical physics during the 17th and 18th centuries,
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Jay Cummings
@LongFormMath
Sep 18
Don’t pick Newton. As a professor at Cambridge he was required to give periodic lectures but he was so bad at it that often not a single person would show up. (Being a man of honor, he would lecture anyways—to an empty room.)
Math Files
@Math_files
Sep 17
If you could attend a lecture by any mathematician, living or historical, whom would you choose?
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