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stoutfellowThis was an eventful week.
On Monday, I realized that a certain phenomenon I'd noticed involving triangles was actually far more common. I had to start over on my current paper - the reorganization the new discovery suggested was rather thorough. I went in early to begin the rewrite, and split much of the day between wrestling with SWP6 and working out an extension of the new stuff to oddgons of all sizes.
Tuesday I went in early again for more of the same; in the afternoon, one of my Senior Project students gave his presentation. It was a difficult project, but he passed with flying colors.
Wednesday I had to go in early again, this time to observe a couple of our non-tenured faculty in class. I'll have to write up reports on both of them. In between were yet more SWPish wrestling, contemplation of a possible fourth or fifth paper in the series, and drawing pictures with Geometer's SketchPad. In the evening I did my taxes.
On Thursday, a candidate for a position in the department came calling. Since I am on the search committee, I had to be there for several events - a face-to-face with the committee, his teaching presentation, lunch with the department, and his research presentation. In between, V and I put our heads together, trying to wrap up the department newsletter. I also had to do some prep work for a committee meeting the next day.
Friday, I came in early yet again, this time for a meeting (which I attended remotely) of a statewide committee which coordinates GenEd courses in the general area of mathematics throughout the state of Illinois. Three and a half hours with a phone in my ear.... There was a lunch break, during which V and I got the newsletter just about done; after the meeting ended, I had another committee, this time to select a textbook for our abstract algebra sequence. That one was mercifully brief, and I was home by about 4:30. Even the bus driver thought I looked tired.
Next week, I get to start dealing with all the stuff I didn't have time for this week.
:stretches and yawns:
On Monday, I realized that a certain phenomenon I'd noticed involving triangles was actually far more common. I had to start over on my current paper - the reorganization the new discovery suggested was rather thorough. I went in early to begin the rewrite, and split much of the day between wrestling with SWP6 and working out an extension of the new stuff to oddgons of all sizes.
Tuesday I went in early again for more of the same; in the afternoon, one of my Senior Project students gave his presentation. It was a difficult project, but he passed with flying colors.
Wednesday I had to go in early again, this time to observe a couple of our non-tenured faculty in class. I'll have to write up reports on both of them. In between were yet more SWPish wrestling, contemplation of a possible fourth or fifth paper in the series, and drawing pictures with Geometer's SketchPad. In the evening I did my taxes.
On Thursday, a candidate for a position in the department came calling. Since I am on the search committee, I had to be there for several events - a face-to-face with the committee, his teaching presentation, lunch with the department, and his research presentation. In between, V and I put our heads together, trying to wrap up the department newsletter. I also had to do some prep work for a committee meeting the next day.
Friday, I came in early yet again, this time for a meeting (which I attended remotely) of a statewide committee which coordinates GenEd courses in the general area of mathematics throughout the state of Illinois. Three and a half hours with a phone in my ear.... There was a lunch break, during which V and I got the newsletter just about done; after the meeting ended, I had another committee, this time to select a textbook for our abstract algebra sequence. That one was mercifully brief, and I was home by about 4:30. Even the bus driver thought I looked tired.
Next week, I get to start dealing with all the stuff I didn't have time for this week.
:stretches and yawns:
