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I'd be surprised if you get five seconds on the final video. You might also be edited out in a way to make it look like you said something other than what you intended to convey. The Catalan diagrams will almost certainly not make the cut.


We'll see! From my experiences with reporters after being the math consultant for "A Beautiful Mind", I share your cynicism. This crew nevertheless impressed me. They'll certainly open with a closeup of my chalk attache case. The Catalan diagrams just didn't fit the prejudices that she imagines of her audience. I was interviewed with these diagrams behind me, so it will be hard to use anything I said without them appearing past my ear.


You taught me Linear Algebra back in 2013/2014 and I remember you were telling us about this amazing Japanese chalk you were using.

To your credit it was quite good, and produced some really great writing. I wished my other math professors had your passion. Half the time I could barely see the writing on the board after the first erasing.


Oh, you're Dave Bayer! Sounds like people come to you often.





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