Maxwell Plummer
maxwellplummer.bsky.social
Maxwell Plummer
@maxwellplummer.bsky.social
Math Ph.D. student at Rice. he/him

https://sites.google.com/view/maxwellplummer
My two favorites I read last year:

The Spear Cuts Through Water - Simon Jimenez

Asunder - Kerstin Hall
August 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Problematic spectral gap
August 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“I think [plausible-sounding name] has thought about this”
August 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Do you have a link to this critique?
July 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In math I’ve heard it said that the game is to give something the absolute worst possible name so that it’s easier to just name it after you
July 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Juxtastat 677 3/5

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July 10, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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July 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Spent a disproportionate amount of my childhood listening to discussions/arguments about whether tithing is based on net or gross income
June 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
We had both this and “A days” and “B days” (four classes each day)

So you could have first lunch on A day and second lunch on B day or whatever
June 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I think I agree but “lawyers think it’s smart to pay them for services” isn’t exactly convincing
June 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
On the train home, lady says to her husband “we could take the train to [theater], where it’s hard to park.”
June 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Why do cops have horses??
June 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Sign: “Mexicana y Americana. Both live in my 💕”
June 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Kid in a stroller with sign “It’s time to use our outside voices”
June 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Sign that says “I drink my horchata warm cuz fuck ICE” hell yeah
June 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Guy who wants ban on intra racial marriage
June 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Something I’ve wondered about: At what point in the development of a field should someone sit down and write a survey article on it? I have some vague answers but haven’t tried to hammer out a solid one
June 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
And no I’m not organizing my Overleaf on a Friday night what could give you that impression??
June 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Ok I was cooking here.
June 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
June 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Petition to refer to annuli as washers
June 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM