I am currently a first year graduate student at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. My research interests currently lie in Calculus of Variations.
My undergraduate institution was Carnegie Mellon University, where I studied phase transition models for my master's thesis under the guidance of my advisor Giovanni Leoni.
At first, I started my blog just as an outlet to write about math. As it went on, two clear goals for the blog surfaced: (1) Explain difficult math topics in an approachable way, and (2) Explore fun applications of math to the real world, particularly in puzzles and videogames. To that end, here are some selected works from my blog.
The Emoji Problem: I give a taste of analytic number theory and elliptic curves by solving a viral math problem.
A Beautiful Trick in Convex Geometry: Crazy consequences occur if you consider the expected measure of a body's projection unto a random subspace.
On the more practical side:
Heyawake Series: Part One, Part Two. In this series, I introduce the Japansese logic genre Heyawake, and then explain a fascinating and beautiful mathematical theory behind it called Penalty Theory.
Genetic Drift: I explain a fascinating application of advanced probability theory to biology.