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An Essay — I was sitting in front of my computer, scrolling through social media. Posts after posts, tweets after tweets. Pictures of conventionally attractive and photogenic women bathing in the sun, smiling, and enjoying glasses of a cocktail. The skies are always blue and the places are always exotic. It hurt. It…

An Essay — Under the pitch dark firmament, there were flashes galore, as signs of guidance for travelers. Romantic views for lovers. And mating signals between male and female fireflies. A girl was holding a jar, in an innocent and thoughtless attempt to collect fireflies. Unbeknownst to her, such a seemingly harmless act…

6 Weeks In — Life is a competition My name is Barry and welcome to my blog. I study mathematics at the University of Warwick. I have decided to blog about my progress in life here on medium. This is because I have had an epiphany that life is a competition, as much as we’d like to say…

Real Analysis Exercise From Mary Hart — Today’s Challenge This is a very interesting question that applies the idea that every subsequence converges to the same limit as a convergent sequence, as well as the expression for Euler’s constant as shown above.

Another Question from Guide To Analysis by Mary Hart — Today’s Challenge One of the few things that I have been doing every day consistently for the past year or so is writing on medium. It’s part of my telos, my purpose. I simply enjoy writing as it gives me a direction in life. A goal to pursue. A realm to voice…

A Question From Guide To Analysis by Mar Hart — Today’s Challenge As part of the preparation for my first-ever university exam in Real Analysis, I have decided to go through the questions from one of the recommended textbooks, Guide To Analysis by Mary Hart. (As a sidenote, most textbooks use log to denote the natural logarithm with base e, but for…

In Maths, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry, Biology — Women in STEM Women have been making groundbreaking contributions to the fields of science and mathematics for centuries, but until recently they were often unrecognized, unacknowledged, and even vilified for their discoveries. In recent years, however, women scientists and mathematicians have come into the spotlight and are increasingly being credited for their important…

An Algebra Challenge — Today’s Challenge As we are now entering the 10th week at Warwick University, which is also the final week of the Winter term, let’s do some easy maths to wind down! There are two ways to solve this problem. You can either set up (a-b)² and compare coefficients to solve for a…

My First-Ever Blog Report — Hey there, my name is Barry and I am a mathematics undergraduate at the University of Warwick. I started this blog around two years ago and have been enjoying writing ever since. I mainly write about mathematics and science, but I am hoping to expand upon my range of topics! …