Matt Enlow
@unsolvedmre.bsky.social
Mathematician, math teacher, math enthusiast, math/art-ist. Universal humanizer.
If one wanted to, one could probably write a question about pursuit curves set in the "Weapons" universe
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If one wanted to, one could probably write a question about pursuit curves set in the "Weapons" universe
If you see this and think “augmented Tricsuit,” #YouMightBeAMathematician
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
If you see this and think “augmented Tricsuit,” #YouMightBeAMathematician
I'm just trying to write an email to my wife outlining our schedule for the next couple of weeks.
It looks like I've got at least three different "checkers" telling me I'm doing it wrong. 😑
It looks like I've got at least three different "checkers" telling me I'm doing it wrong. 😑
October 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I'm just trying to write an email to my wife outlining our schedule for the next couple of weeks.
It looks like I've got at least three different "checkers" telling me I'm doing it wrong. 😑
It looks like I've got at least three different "checkers" telling me I'm doing it wrong. 😑
I asked ChatGPT a True/False question from Hammack's "Book of Proof," and it did something I hadn't seen it do before.
It first said the statement was true, and then as it explained its "reasoning," it wound up convincing itself that the statement was false (which it is). #MathSky #iTeachMath
It first said the statement was true, and then as it explained its "reasoning," it wound up convincing itself that the statement was false (which it is). #MathSky #iTeachMath
October 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I asked ChatGPT a True/False question from Hammack's "Book of Proof," and it did something I hadn't seen it do before.
It first said the statement was true, and then as it explained its "reasoning," it wound up convincing itself that the statement was false (which it is). #MathSky #iTeachMath
It first said the statement was true, and then as it explained its "reasoning," it wound up convincing itself that the statement was false (which it is). #MathSky #iTeachMath
Oooh, new mathematical quackery just dropped
October 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Oooh, new mathematical quackery just dropped
After each class I tried to summarize the conversation on a Page in Canvas. Here's where we currently stand. Now I have to think about how best to proceed—and I want to do so WITHOUT any investment in them landing at the "traditional" answers! Which will be tough.
September 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After each class I tried to summarize the conversation on a Page in Canvas. Here's where we currently stand. Now I have to think about how best to proceed—and I want to do so WITHOUT any investment in them landing at the "traditional" answers! Which will be tough.
Okay I feel better now having made this
September 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Okay I feel better now having made this
A student drew this portrait of me on her test today
September 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A student drew this portrait of me on her test today
Reminds me of the time my dad texted me "Just got shot" to let me know he'd just gotten his COVID shot 😑
September 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Reminds me of the time my dad texted me "Just got shot" to let me know he'd just gotten his COVID shot 😑
Can't wait to get to this bit of Hammack's "Book of Proof" with Advanced Topics 🤯🤯🤯 #iTeachMath
September 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Can't wait to get to this bit of Hammack's "Book of Proof" with Advanced Topics 🤯🤯🤯 #iTeachMath
A colleague asked if she could decorate a room we both teach in. I said “Sure.”
She made it clear I could veto anything she put up, but I was all, “Nah, whatever’s fine.”
Until…
She made it clear I could veto anything she put up, but I was all, “Nah, whatever’s fine.”
Until…
September 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A colleague asked if she could decorate a room we both teach in. I said “Sure.”
She made it clear I could veto anything she put up, but I was all, “Nah, whatever’s fine.”
Until…
She made it clear I could veto anything she put up, but I was all, “Nah, whatever’s fine.”
Until…
Any way I can school Canvas on how to properly vertically align its equations?
August 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Any way I can school Canvas on how to properly vertically align its equations?
I had my 14yo daughter (M) and son (L) rate and “review” (if they so desired) a bunch of movies we’ve watched together
August 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I had my 14yo daughter (M) and son (L) rate and “review” (if they so desired) a bunch of movies we’ve watched together
Your periodic reminder
July 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Your periodic reminder
What in San Dimas is going on here
July 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
What in San Dimas is going on here
Applies to many tasks, such as:
- putting away groceries
- folding and putting away clean laundry
- cleaning the kitchen
- cleaning pretty much any room in the house
#ADHD
- putting away groceries
- folding and putting away clean laundry
- cleaning the kitchen
- cleaning pretty much any room in the house
#ADHD
July 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Applies to many tasks, such as:
- putting away groceries
- folding and putting away clean laundry
- cleaning the kitchen
- cleaning pretty much any room in the house
#ADHD
- putting away groceries
- folding and putting away clean laundry
- cleaning the kitchen
- cleaning pretty much any room in the house
#ADHD
TIL that regular dodecahedra are not the only dodecahedra whose faces are all congruent pentagons.
#iteachmath
#iteachmath
July 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
TIL that regular dodecahedra are not the only dodecahedra whose faces are all congruent pentagons.
#iteachmath
#iteachmath
Houndstooth pattern on my hotel bathroom floor.
I’d assumed each tile was made up of 4x4=16 “subtiles,” but upon further inspection, it’s not so simple!
#mathart
I’d assumed each tile was made up of 4x4=16 “subtiles,” but upon further inspection, it’s not so simple!
#mathart
June 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Houndstooth pattern on my hotel bathroom floor.
I’d assumed each tile was made up of 4x4=16 “subtiles,” but upon further inspection, it’s not so simple!
#mathart
I’d assumed each tile was made up of 4x4=16 “subtiles,” but upon further inspection, it’s not so simple!
#mathart
Been seeing more and more A.I.-generated YouTube ads.
How do I know they're A.I.-generated? The "text" is always the giveaway.
How do I know they're A.I.-generated? The "text" is always the giveaway.
June 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Been seeing more and more A.I.-generated YouTube ads.
How do I know they're A.I.-generated? The "text" is always the giveaway.
How do I know they're A.I.-generated? The "text" is always the giveaway.
Each of the relations below has non-zero area in ℝ².
Which has the greatest area?
Which has the least area?
How do you know?
#iteachmath
Which has the greatest area?
Which has the least area?
How do you know?
#iteachmath
June 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Each of the relations below has non-zero area in ℝ².
Which has the greatest area?
Which has the least area?
How do you know?
#iteachmath
Which has the greatest area?
Which has the least area?
How do you know?
#iteachmath
June 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Not particularly tough, but does make you think
#iteachmath
#iteachmath
June 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Not particularly tough, but does make you think
#iteachmath
#iteachmath