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Brendan W. Sullivan

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Topological fun facts for high school students

answered Dec 19, 2023 at 16:54

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"Real life" examples of limits of functions at finite points

answered Oct 10, 2023 at 18:30

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A game that is between Noughts and Crosses and Sprouts for complexity?

answered Feb 3, 2022 at 0:43

7 votes

How can I give feedback that is not demotivating?

answered Dec 12, 2020 at 21:59

3 votes

Weekly quizzes as an alternative for midterms? What is this called?

answered Dec 5, 2020 at 20:12

12 votes

Content for a 40-minute lecture on graph theory for high schoolers

answered May 8, 2020 at 19:54

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Most popular setups for recording video lectures

answered Mar 25, 2020 at 17:56

9 votes

Patterns that unexpectedly fall apart at large $n$

answered Jan 31, 2020 at 15:17

11 votes

Writing up a proof that assumes what is to be proven?

answered Jun 2, 2019 at 18:18

6 votes

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What are some common ways students get confused about finding an inverse of a function?

answered May 4, 2019 at 17:22

2 votes

'Low-algebra' examples of induction

answered Sep 13, 2018 at 20:36

2 votes

What are some good low-prerequisite examples for the heuristic advice "If you cannot prove it, prove something stronger."?

answered May 14, 2018 at 15:34

7 votes

Drawing vs Constructing

answered Apr 19, 2018 at 18:15

6 votes

Comparison Tests in Calculus

answered Apr 4, 2018 at 22:06

3 votes

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Motivation for uniform continuity

answered Mar 16, 2018 at 21:15

3 votes

Neat topics or problems to include in a probability class

answered Mar 7, 2018 at 1:01

1 vote

An application of the Cauchy criterion for undergraduates?

answered Mar 4, 2018 at 19:36

6 votes

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Interesting but very easy epsilon-delta problems?

answered Feb 22, 2018 at 19:45

2 votes

Teaching undergraduates who expect a high-school-like learning environment

answered Dec 29, 2017 at 2:27

2 votes

Problems which require interpreting definitions

answered Dec 24, 2017 at 20:47

2 votes

Teaching the proper syntax of “such that”

answered Dec 6, 2017 at 17:56

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Ideas for a 2 weeks project focused in polynomial functions

answered Nov 20, 2017 at 0:33

9 votes

Is there a simple real-world problem I can use to motivate a formula for $\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^n i $?

answered May 10, 2017 at 18:34

3 votes

Resources for Inquiry-based Projects with Undergraduates

answered Jan 16, 2017 at 18:55

3 votes

Good metaphor to explain the difference between pointwise and uniform convergence

answered Dec 17, 2016 at 21:05

2 votes

Topics for a general education course

answered Oct 14, 2016 at 22:38

6 votes

Do iPhones help students in their math class?

answered Mar 10, 2016 at 17:33

9 votes

Do students confuse $\log_ab$ and $\log a^b$?

answered Mar 8, 2016 at 0:26

1 vote

Entertaining examples of multiply quantified statements

answered Feb 9, 2015 at 3:09

9 votes

Explanation of Counter-example?

answered Sep 24, 2014 at 18:26

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