χle Ormsby
@motivickyle.bsky.social
Numbers and shapes at Reed College. Mathematician, parent, spouse, runner, 𝔣𝔯𝔞𝔨𝔱𝔲𝔯 enthusiast. He or they.
Is that a nodal domain there, or are you happy to see me?
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Is that a nodal domain there, or are you happy to see me?
Quick clarifications:
- Those are his baby teeth, not mine. "Your teeth were too dried out."
- He gets cold easily.
- Those are his baby teeth, not mine. "Your teeth were too dried out."
- He gets cold easily.
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Quick clarifications:
- Those are his baby teeth, not mine. "Your teeth were too dried out."
- He gets cold easily.
- Those are his baby teeth, not mine. "Your teeth were too dried out."
- He gets cold easily.
Modeling my pitch to administrators on Max Fischer's case for the Rushmore Aquarium. "What Reed needs is a Forms Study Program, a first class Program where the scientists can lecture and the students can observe the Forms in the natural habitat."
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Modeling my pitch to administrators on Max Fischer's case for the Rushmore Aquarium. "What Reed needs is a Forms Study Program, a first class Program where the scientists can lecture and the students can observe the Forms in the natural habitat."
Spouse logged into Gmail on my phone and I about had a heart attack when I looked at my home screen.
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Spouse logged into Gmail on my phone and I about had a heart attack when I looked at my home screen.
I’m sure it’s completely normal to convince your grandma to give you your dad’s baby teeth and then incorporate them into a knife-wielding doll.
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I’m sure it’s completely normal to convince your grandma to give you your dad’s baby teeth and then incorporate them into a knife-wielding doll.
Am I the only one brave enough to admit that _all_ of Star Wars sucks except for the part in TCW where they resurrected Darth Maul with spider legs? That shit was sick.
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Am I the only one brave enough to admit that _all_ of Star Wars sucks except for the part in TCW where they resurrected Darth Maul with spider legs? That shit was sick.
Unbelievably cool that I can now go out for an easy 5k run with this kid.
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Unbelievably cool that I can now go out for an easy 5k run with this kid.
Goth plates, cool rocks, and freak show taxidermy at the Radical Harvest Craft Fair, SE Division and 35th Pl right now.
November 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Goth plates, cool rocks, and freak show taxidermy at the Radical Harvest Craft Fair, SE Division and 35th Pl right now.
You drive a hard bargain, but I will pour myself a fourth cup of coffee to meet your demands.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
You drive a hard bargain, but I will pour myself a fourth cup of coffee to meet your demands.
Here are some nice mushrooms and moss.
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Here are some nice mushrooms and moss.
I bet Bernard Morin felt similarly. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard...
November 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I bet Bernard Morin felt similarly. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard...
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The homology of this dga is equal to Tor over the Templery-Lieb algebra: arxiv.org/abs/2511.08550
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The homology of this dga is equal to Tor over the Templery-Lieb algebra: arxiv.org/abs/2511.08550
These new papers on the 'dga of planar loops' look very fun: arxiv.org/abs/2511.15653 🧮
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
These new papers on the 'dga of planar loops' look very fun: arxiv.org/abs/2511.15653 🧮
Intermittent reminder that I have the best students.
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Intermittent reminder that I have the best students.
Bet you wish your neighborhood pizza joint held the Guinness World Record for most distinct cheeses on a pizza.
November 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Bet you wish your neighborhood pizza joint held the Guinness World Record for most distinct cheeses on a pizza.
I haven't been keeping records, so here's a new example: it has six strands and is the closure of the composition of braid group generators [(3, -1), (2, -1), (4, 1), (2, 1), (4, 1), (3, 1), (1, 1), (1, -1), (3, -1), (5, -1), (3, 1), (2, -1)] where (i,e) means \sigma_i^e.
![Closure of the 6-strand braid given by [(3, -1), (2, -1), (4, 1), (2, 1), (4, 1), (3, 1), (1, 1), (1, -1), (3, -1), (5, -1), (3, 1), (2, -1)].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ysaiuavm2f7d4th42c4valhw/bafkreictwuqn2haqcndh7y5s3moo3lfpigysnxmk4qe7fsaqjujdwh2uti@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I haven't been keeping records, so here's a new example: it has six strands and is the closure of the composition of braid group generators [(3, -1), (2, -1), (4, 1), (2, 1), (4, 1), (3, 1), (1, 1), (1, -1), (3, -1), (5, -1), (3, 1), (2, -1)] where (i,e) means \sigma_i^e.
Some links generated by taking the Markov trace of random words in the braid group 🧮
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Some links generated by taking the Markov trace of random words in the braid group 🧮
Grading quizzes while my kiddo attends his Beast Academy (Art of Problem Solving) class.
November 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Grading quizzes while my kiddo attends his Beast Academy (Art of Problem Solving) class.
Sure would be nice if the student paper didn’t misrepresent the faculty meeting discussion of the project my committee has been working on for the past year…
November 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sure would be nice if the student paper didn’t misrepresent the faculty meeting discussion of the project my committee has been working on for the past year…
Happening tomorrow! My sessions are 11:30-12:30 and 1-2 (same activities both times). Register at www.reed.edu/academics/sp....
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Happening tomorrow! My sessions are 11:30-12:30 and 1-2 (same activities both times). Register at www.reed.edu/academics/sp....
Why — WHY?! — after 230 years living with this document, has no American entrepreneur started an insurance agency called Domestic Tranquility?
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Why — WHY?! — after 230 years living with this document, has no American entrepreneur started an insurance agency called Domestic Tranquility?
Were you smug, snug, and faster than drivers?
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Were you smug, snug, and faster than drivers?
Upon further reflection, I can see why no one talks about the hairy donut theorem. 🧮
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Upon further reflection, I can see why no one talks about the hairy donut theorem. 🧮
Papa why you bother ball with phone?
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Papa why you bother ball with phone?