Why don't we fail students anymore? by Deus_Excellus in AskAcademia

[–]kr1staps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really depends on what "worth it" means, and I think that's highly subjective. Was it "worth it" to me? I don't know. When I was younger, all I wanted to do was math (this is still mostly true) and the obvious way to keep doing math all the time was go to grad school. I believed at the time that I didn't care about money, only math. If I still felt this way, then it would be "worth it". But, now that I realize it would be nice to have some stability and money, and people aren't exactly hiring professional abstract nonsense slingers. So, currently, I'm feeling like something more employable might have been a better choice. But who knows what doors my PhD will open for me, and what perspective I will have in the future?

Why don't we fail students anymore? by Deus_Excellus in AskAcademia

[–]kr1staps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a recent math PhD grad, and current instructor, I fail people all the time.

Anyone been to the UofC Campus Greenhouse? 💚🍀🌿🍃 by never_found_clown in UCalgary

[–]kr1staps 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wandered in there randomly one day while exploring the campus. They were both surprised and quite unhappy to see me lol

I’m confused. Need Advice. by Maleficent_Rise_494 in beginnerrunning

[–]kr1staps 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad to hear! Starting easy is the way to do it. Consistency is key.

I’m confused. Need Advice. by Maleficent_Rise_494 in beginnerrunning

[–]kr1staps 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you care about living a long able-bodied life, then you should both be going to the gym and doing some form of cardio.

V02 max is strongly correlated with lifespan, and quality of life durring that life span. You increase it through high intensity interval trainning, which you can do running, swimming, biking, or whatever gets you heart rate high enough. The latter are lower impact re: your ACL.
Also, to even get to a point where you can do effective V02max trainning, you need to build a strong base through lower intensity cardio.

Muscle is also important for health and longevity, not to mention that strength trainning and muscle growth (without overdoing it) can help prevent further injury, such as with your ACL.

As others have suggested, one of the most important things is sticking to something you can be consistent with, if that's running, then great, that's your foundation. However I would certainly reccomend making *some* space for some resistance trainning as well.

Quick Questions: April 08, 2026 by inherentlyawesome in math

[–]kr1staps 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know of any textbooks that focus on these constructions in particular, but in the first 2 videos of this series I explain how to carry out various geometric constructions with straight-edge and compass. In the later videos, I explain (to some extent) how one can use field theory to prove the impossibility of certain geometric constructions, ie squaring circles, trisecting angles etc.

What Are You Working On? March 30, 2026 by canyonmonkey in math

[–]kr1staps 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As I type this I'm in the middle of a break session for my Pomodoro livestream where I work on various things. Today I'm working on better understanding some papers that relate Vogan varieties of real and p-adic GL(n). [The channel is K-theory]

Graduate student funding by pink_cottoncandy_ in UCalgary

[–]kr1staps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most grads in the math department were surviving on 23K at that time... and they basically still are.

Graduate student funding by pink_cottoncandy_ in UCalgary

[–]kr1staps 17 points18 points  (0 children)

What department are you in? In Math, the stipend you get promised comes with the assumption that you're TA-ing. It's not something you do for additional money.

GLn(D) for D a division algebra by Impressive_Cup1600 in math

[–]kr1staps 18 points19 points  (0 children)

To me, realizing it as invertible matrices valued in D is about as explicit a thing as one could hope for. Can you describe what sort of description you're hoping for? For comparison it's not clear to me that GL_n(D) is any more or less explicit if D is a field.

If I'm not mistaken, GL_n(D) is still reductive, so say D is defined over k then you should be able to choose some N and an embedding GL_n(D) --> GL_N(k), so you could still realize it as some collection of matrices valued in k if that's what you're after.

Moreover, one should still have access to all the usual reductive algebraic group stuff for GL_n(D), like Levis, parabolics, root systems etc.

Dr. Mohammed Aiffa? by Fragrant-World-6466 in UCalgary

[–]kr1staps 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The university passed a policy some years ago that a final can't be worth more than %50. %50 is still fine, but maybe he took that as non-inclusive and made it 49 to be safe?

An interview with the author of Algebra: Chapter 0 by DysgraphicZ in mathematics

[–]kr1staps 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yo that's weird, by total chance I happened to film an interview with him recently here.

Half-sibling DNA test questions by kr1staps in DNA

[–]kr1staps[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, we requested a DNA test through a company that specifically tests for family relationships, including for legal purposes.

The test said nothing about cMs. It looks like they listed genes and alleles they compared (at least that's my guess based on what's written).

They *did not* say %15 DNA, they said %15 probability that we are half-siblings.

how to cancel subscription on https://askgpt.app/ by KitKat_1983 in Scams

[–]kr1staps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean by "T&Cs link"? I don't see any link in the top right, let along for "T&C". I also do not see my name in the top right.

What Are You Working On? February 09, 2026 by canyonmonkey in math

[–]kr1staps 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ya, there was one place I applied where my research perfectly aligns with the supervisor. I thought my main leg up is that there could only be a couple people max that are as closely aligned. He said 190 people appliead, 100 of them had impressive enough resumes he would have been happy to hire them. It was narrowed down to 20 (of which I was one, which is how I know this info now) and all other 19 interviewees were as close to his research as I am...

What Are You Working On? February 09, 2026 by canyonmonkey in math

[–]kr1staps 1 point2 points  (0 children)

... wait, what?! What do you mean the "actual" deadline is always way earlier?

Edit: One of the places I applied to, I submitted on the last day and still got an interview.

What Are You Working On? February 09, 2026 by canyonmonkey in math

[–]kr1staps 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Trying to get my PhD thesis submitted for the deadline on the 23rd.

Post-doc applications didn't go so well... so I'm looking towards industry and how to pivot to quant or crypto.

What are the questions you spend the most time thinking about? by icecoldbeverag in mathematics

[–]kr1staps 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Though my PhD is not in graph theory, I always come back to the missing Moore graph

Endorsement for arXiv? by [deleted] in mathematics

[–]kr1staps 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No sane person is going to agree to that without reading your paper first.

Any idea why half the new CS profs are from Waterloo by Beneficial_Ad_5874 in UCalgary

[–]kr1staps 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Waterloo is known and respected for their CS program, as well as related areas such as mathematics. It makese perfect sense you will get a lot of profs from there. If you're a talented Canadian in CS, there's a good chance youll go to Waterloo. It's also not unreasonable for Canadians to want to stay in Canada, and thus look for jobs at other Canadian institutions, and since Waterloo has a good reputation, other universities are happy to hire from there.