χle Ormsby
@motivickyle.bsky.social
Numbers and shapes at Reed College. Mathematician, parent, spouse, runner, 𝔣𝔯𝔞𝔨𝔱𝔲𝔯 enthusiast. He or they.
They are overserving me at Sterling Coffee with a Mexican drip and natural processed Ethiopian espresso.
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
They are overserving me at Sterling Coffee with a Mexican drip and natural processed Ethiopian espresso.
Do you know why the Erdos problem 124 link says it was solved by "Aristotle"? Is that part of "Axiom Math"?
Separately: Is "vibe proving" a subfield of Fourier analysis?
Separately: Is "vibe proving" a subfield of Fourier analysis?
December 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Do you know why the Erdos problem 124 link says it was solved by "Aristotle"? Is that part of "Axiom Math"?
Separately: Is "vibe proving" a subfield of Fourier analysis?
Separately: Is "vibe proving" a subfield of Fourier analysis?
Hell yeah Ursula K LeGuin exhibit at Oregon Contemporary.
December 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hell yeah Ursula K LeGuin exhibit at Oregon Contemporary.
Did you multiply by more than 100?
December 6, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Did you multiply by more than 100?
This diagram should win some kind of prize for mathematical illustration. From arxiv.org/abs/2305.08471. 🧮
![Figure 6. The quotientope lattice for n = 4: all quotientopes ordered by inclusion (which corresponds to refinement of the lattice congruences). We only consider lattice congruences whose fan
is essential. We have highlighted the cube (green), Loday’s associahedron [Lod04] (blue), another
one of Hohlweg–Lange’s associahedra [HL07] (purple), the diagonal rectangulation polytope [LR12]
(orange), and the permutahedron (red). Adapted from [PS19, Fig. 9].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ysaiuavm2f7d4th42c4valhw/bafkreihhvpykoeyxb23bilkfhitiivpaitjc5ueb22r3lqu4y57gt7calm@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This diagram should win some kind of prize for mathematical illustration. From arxiv.org/abs/2305.08471. 🧮
LAMY safari glamour shot.
December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
LAMY safari glamour shot.
Is this the first time Huey Lewis and the News have appeared in a mathematics paper? arxiv.org/abs/2512.01813
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Is this the first time Huey Lewis and the News have appeared in a mathematics paper? arxiv.org/abs/2512.01813
![Figure 1: Minimal stick equilateral representations of the [five 9-crossing knots]. Each knot is shown in orthographic perspective, viewed from the direction of the positive z-axis.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ysaiuavm2f7d4th42c4valhw/bafkreic43whp3fsyqoiwrg5zn7q6jc57d274grobwnbhuq6ctnsfh57wee@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Well this is adorable!
December 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Well this is adorable!
Klein Bottle With the Image of its Own Making 🧮
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Klein Bottle With the Image of its Own Making 🧮
Filled out my mass extinction passport at OMSI yesterday. Do you think we can beat the Permian extinction event this time around?
November 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Filled out my mass extinction passport at OMSI yesterday. Do you think we can beat the Permian extinction event this time around?
Isn’t this sign at the science museum… dead wrong? Isn’t it the pressure caused by body weight concentrated into a skate blade that raises the melting point of ice, resulting in a thin layer of liquid water under the skate on which you glide?
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Isn’t this sign at the science museum… dead wrong? Isn’t it the pressure caused by body weight concentrated into a skate blade that raises the melting point of ice, resulting in a thin layer of liquid water under the skate on which you glide?
Quick clarifications:
- Those are his baby teeth, not mine. "Your teeth were too dried out."
- He gets cold easily.
- Those are his baby teeth, not mine. "Your teeth were too dried out."
- He gets cold easily.
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Quick clarifications:
- Those are his baby teeth, not mine. "Your teeth were too dried out."
- He gets cold easily.
- Those are his baby teeth, not mine. "Your teeth were too dried out."
- He gets cold easily.
Modeling my pitch to administrators on Max Fischer's case for the Rushmore Aquarium. "What Reed needs is a Forms Study Program, a first class Program where the scientists can lecture and the students can observe the Forms in the natural habitat."
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Modeling my pitch to administrators on Max Fischer's case for the Rushmore Aquarium. "What Reed needs is a Forms Study Program, a first class Program where the scientists can lecture and the students can observe the Forms in the natural habitat."
Spouse logged into Gmail on my phone and I about had a heart attack when I looked at my home screen.
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Spouse logged into Gmail on my phone and I about had a heart attack when I looked at my home screen.
I’m sure it’s completely normal to convince your grandma to give you your dad’s baby teeth and then incorporate them into a knife-wielding doll.
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I’m sure it’s completely normal to convince your grandma to give you your dad’s baby teeth and then incorporate them into a knife-wielding doll.
Am I the only one brave enough to admit that _all_ of Star Wars sucks except for the part in TCW where they resurrected Darth Maul with spider legs? That shit was sick.
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Am I the only one brave enough to admit that _all_ of Star Wars sucks except for the part in TCW where they resurrected Darth Maul with spider legs? That shit was sick.
Unbelievably cool that I can now go out for an easy 5k run with this kid.
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Unbelievably cool that I can now go out for an easy 5k run with this kid.
Goth plates, cool rocks, and freak show taxidermy at the Radical Harvest Craft Fair, SE Division and 35th Pl right now.
November 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Goth plates, cool rocks, and freak show taxidermy at the Radical Harvest Craft Fair, SE Division and 35th Pl right now.
You drive a hard bargain, but I will pour myself a fourth cup of coffee to meet your demands.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
You drive a hard bargain, but I will pour myself a fourth cup of coffee to meet your demands.
Here are some nice mushrooms and moss.
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Here are some nice mushrooms and moss.
I bet Bernard Morin felt similarly. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard...
November 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I bet Bernard Morin felt similarly. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard...
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM