# The Flying Colours Maths Blog: Latest posts

## Wrong, but Useful: Episode 76b

What's this? Didn't we have a WBU last week? We did indeed. Only we cut out a section of our conversation with @dr_teeluck about APR to keep the episode length (somewhat) reasonable. Here it is as a special bonus episode for your enjoyment.

## Ask Uncle Colin: A Pointy Thing

Dear Uncle Colin, What do you call the ‘point’ of the absolute value graph - for instance, $(0,0)$ on the graph of $y=|x|$? It can’t be a minimum because the gradient is undefined! Proof Or It’s Not True Hi, POINT, and thanks for your message! I hate to go ‘well,

## Dictionary of Mathematical Eponymy: Osborn’s Law

Today’s entry in the Dictionary of Mathematical Eponymy is, by some distance, the entry that’s been most useful to me since I learned about it. (The Elo rating is probably in second place.) It’s also a unique entry in that I have next to no information about its originator. What

## Wrong, But Useful: Episode 76

In this episode of Wrong, But Useful, we’re joined by @dr_teeluck, who is Dr Vijay Teeluck in real life. We discuss: sunrise (posts by @colinthemathmo and by me got the same answer, someone else disagrees, nice thing to explore) favourite numbers a lovely post by @samhartburn about tetrahedra fitting through

## Proofs

A question that comes up a lot in class is, “how do you get good at proofs?” (It’s usually framed as “I don’t like proofs”, but we’re not having any of that negativity here, thank you very much.) I don’t have a silver bullet for that. I do have some