Cody Song's Message board

Hi, I am Cody Song from United States, I am 17 years old and I am a Year 11 student in a non-IB school.

I learn most of my math from online sources and I don't really learn any maths at school (My class is still learning stuff like the separable differential equations and annihilators =.=).

Feel free to ask me any questions about me!

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Comments

A couple of questions. I hope you'll take some time to answer them.

When did you first get interested in math? When did you start learning math outside of your curriculum?
Who or what inspired you to start Proofathon?
What kind of music do you like?
Who is Oscar Harmon?
You said you learn math from online sources. Name a few of them.
What kind of books do you read?

Mursalin Habib - 7 years, 1 month ago

Freshman year, I liked precalc so I joined Mu Alpha Theta. In Florida, they hold Mu Alpha Theta competitions, so that really fine-tuned my precalc skills. Only last year did I find out about Olympiad (when someone surprised me by saying, "Hey, let's skip first period and take the AMC.")
It was mostly due to the fact that I wanted to do an online proof-based Olympiad.
I really like funk and jazz, but then with a punk-rock based twist. I love great vocals. For example, my favorite bands are Hiromi Uehara, Incubus, Stone Temple Pilots, Muse, Pink Floyd, and An Endless Sporadic. I also compose, but that is to be released at a later time...
Oh dear. On Brilliant, I failed in the level-placement test, so I had to make a new account. It was shameful!
Brilliant.org, Mathematical Olympiad Treasures. Also, there's a secretly awesome site called famat.org, don't tell anybody!
sparknotes.com

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 1 month ago

That actually gives me hope. You really got into the IMO team with only a year's training. That means I still have a shot!
Awesome.
Cool.
That actually raises more questions than it answers. Would you mind if I ask you more questions on this? And if my memory serves me right, Oscar Harmon was working on the Collatz conjecture with something with binary strings. How did that turn out?
Mathematical Olympiad Treasures is a great book!
I'll be sure to check it out.

Thank you for answering!

Mursalin Habib - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Mursalin Habib – Oscar = me

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Cody Johnson – I knew that.

My questions are:

What made you think of Oscar Harmon as your pseudonym(?) ?

Why did Oscar write sentences like "Me and my friend Cody..."?

How many accounts did Oscar have? One of them is merged with your current account. But there is another one that opened this discussion.

Okay, I can't believe that I'm discussing about something as pointless as this. But then again, you did say "ask me about anything".

Mursalin Habib - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Mursalin Habib – Random name generator; to play the part; 2, him and me

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 1 month ago

Are you still in MAO? If so, at what school?

Trevor B. - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Trevor B. – No I changed schools to one that doesn't have MAO. I miss it! :(

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 1 month ago

Whats your favorite subject ? Are you in the IMO?

Mahdi Al-kawaz - 7 years, 1 month ago

History. Yes.

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 1 month ago

Hey dude! What math class are you in? Are you following me? Haha. :D

Finn Hulse - 7 years, 1 month ago

Differential equations

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 1 month ago

Nice bro!

Finn Hulse - 7 years, 1 month ago

Why is your name on Brilliant Cody Johnson?

Finn Hulse - 7 years, 1 month ago

I got jealous of Goh Pi Han and Yeoh Zi Song for having their last name first and having 3 names rather than 2. Hence, Johnson Cody Song.

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 1 month ago

I don't understand, are you saying Pi Han Goh's real name is Goh Pi Han? What is your legit real name?

Finn Hulse - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Finn Hulse – In many (if not all) Eastern cultures/countries, people address others saying their last name first. I'll give an example using Chinese (sorry there's no accents, my keyboard can't do that)

Suppose an adult male's last name is Wang (王). In the US, he would be called "Mr. Wang." The word in Chinese for Mr. is xiansheng (先生). But "Mr. Wang" in Chinese isn't xiansheng wang (先生王), despite the fact that this literally translates to "Mr. Wang." The correct way to say it is wang xiansheng (王先生). This literally translates to "Wang Mr." The same thing happens with first names as it does with titles.

I'm pretty sure I got this right, although my Chinese class is more vocabulary oriented than conversationally oriented.

Trevor B. - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Trevor B. – Yeah, I wanted to do it the Malaysian way.

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Cody Johnson – Is all of that information right? It's been a while since I've last seen the exact details.

Trevor B. - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Trevor B. – That's right Trevor :) Where did you learn Chinese?

Tan Li Xuan - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Tan Li Xuan – I take Chinese at my school. I'm in my second year.

Trevor B. - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Trevor B. – There's a Chinese class in a US school? Seems sort of weird....

Tan Li Xuan - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Tan Li Xuan – It's a private school. It offers Chinese, Spanish, and French, so I took Chinese to be able to communicate with the largest number of people. Especially when China's economy and population of >1.5 billion people fully opens up to the world, employers and lots of others will be looking for people who are able to speak to them.

Trevor B. - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Trevor B. – Oh alright :)

Tan Li Xuan - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Trevor B. – Sick bro. I'm taking French 1.

Finn Hulse - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Finn Hulse – I'm taking French too!

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Cody Johnson – Mec, française est tellement incroyable. Imaginons que nous allons avoir des conversations très profondes en français afin que les gens pensent que nous communiquons dans le code secret. :D

Finn Hulse - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Finn Hulse – C'est en la premiere classe de français? Oh la la, tu as une bonne adherence de la langue!

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Cody Johnson – Oui mec. J'ai un professeur extraordinaire, et ma mère et je parle uniquement en français. C'est génial. :D

Finn Hulse - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Finn Hulse – Je t'envie. :P

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Cody Johnson – Oui. :D

Finn Hulse - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Finn Hulse – lol i take french too in Singapore :D

Happy Melodies - 6 years, 3 months ago

@Happy Melodies – Nice! :D

Finn Hulse - 6 years, 3 months ago

@Finn Hulse – woo I take spanish

Mardokay Mosazghi - 6 years, 3 months ago

@Mardokay Mosazghi – I don't /take/ Spanish, I KNOW SPANISH :D

Cody Johnson - 6 years, 3 months ago

@Finn Hulse – That's his name on Facebook.

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Cody Johnson – Who are you talking about? What is your real name? Also, are you in IMO?

Finn Hulse - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Finn Hulse – Simple: It's "Cody Johnson." I'm in the IMO 2014.

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 1 month ago

What did you do in order to participate as a contestant of Luxembourg in IMO 2014? Didn't you make it to qualify for US IMO team?

math number-theorist - 7 years, 1 month ago

Yeah @Cody Johnson.

Finn Hulse - 7 years, 1 month ago

No, I made it to the Luxembourg IMO team!

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Cody Johnson – It just shows two pictures of some old guys. Why are you on the Luxembourg team?

Finn Hulse - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Finn Hulse – Because Luxembourg is awesome! We'll take down China this year for sure!

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Cody Johnson – I still don't get it. How is Luxembourg going to beat China? Why aren't you on the USA team? :O

Finn Hulse - 7 years, 1 month ago

@Finn Hulse – For some strange reason, the link doesn't work. Go here and click on Luxembourg.

Mursalin Habib - 7 years, 1 month ago

when is result of proofathon contests declared?

Nihar Mahajan - 6 years, 5 months ago

How are you ?

Is your name Cody Johnson or Cody Song ?

A Former Brilliant Member - 6 years, 2 months ago

i have a question. Why did you unfriend me on facebook? ::)))

samuel ayinde - 6 years, 3 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$