Publishing groups Intro

(Spoiler alert!!) Within the next two weeks, we will be switching over to a newsfeed format, to allow our members to easily share problems or notes. To complement this, we are looking to create several groups on Brilliant, who would help to present interesting material to other members. Once the newsfeed has been launched, it will be easier for you to explain how publishing works, so I'd hold off talking about the procedure of publishing till then.

I have split us up into the following groups listed below. Let me know if you would prefer to move into another group. As others respond to my email over the week, I will add their names to the list, looking to have about 7-10 people in each group.

I would like you to come up with a group name for you to identify with. Feel free to be creative and throw around ideas, voting up for the names that you would like.

Once the group names are decided, I’d create discussions for you to talk about what kind of material you would find interesting.

Feel free to post in other groups too! You are certainly not constrained.

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Here are some suggestions for posts that will be interesting:
Interesting math problem I saw,
physics problem with a tricky solution,
delightful concepts (Infinity, golden ratio, complex numbers in engineering),
games / explorations / patterns,
engaging news articles,
powerful technique that you recently learn about,
exam question that you could not solve,
amusing stories about mathematicians/scientists,
youtube videos on the beauty of mathematics,
blog posts on puzzles,
etc.

The Cosines Group - This group will mainly deal with material that a 6-8 grader (Year 6-8) will be interested in.
Bob Krueger
Michael Tang
Yan Yau Cheng
Akshat Jain
Josh Petrin
Sharky Kesa
Yash Talekar
Kevin Chung
Daniel Liu

Torque Group - This group will mainly deal with material that a 8-10 grader (Year 8-10) will be interested in.
Michael Tong
Sreejato Bhattacharya
Tim Vermeulen
Sotiri Komissopoulos
Pi Han Goh
Anqi Li
Nina Singh
Zi Song
Piyushkumar Palan
Daniel Chiu

Goldbach's Conjurers Group - This group will mainly deal with material that a 10-12+ grader (Year 10-12+) will be interested in.
Soham Chanda
Priyal De
Ivan Koswara
Paramjit Singh
Snehal Shekatkar
Jatin Yadav
Nicolae Sapoval
Josh Max Silverman

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I've created separate discussion rooms for each of the groups, to help you get started on brainstorming. It will be helpful to have both general and specific areas of interest, so feel free to shout out various topics that you will be interested in.

I'd be checking in ever so often, and feel free to send me an email if you need any help/advice. I've subscribed to the Publishing Group Tag, so I'd be aware of what goes on.

Thanks once again for helping to form this magnificent community on Brilliant :)

Calvin Lin Staff - 7 years, 6 months ago

This is just an idea:

It seems like the most important thing in our education system (at least in America) is your age. They use this one factor to put you into classes that would "suite" you. I think that for the many kids that use Brilliant, this system puts them at a disadvantage. So instead of defining our groups by age, perhaps we could define them by ability level, using the level system Brilliant already has in place. For example, group 1 could be levels one and two, group 2 levels two, three, and four, and group 3 levels four and five. Overlap should exist, and this could be adapted should more groups be added. Doing this might not only allow for better targeting of information, but could also allow better screening of this info using this newsfeed system. It could be incorporated somehow.

Thanks for considering.

Bob Krueger - 7 years, 6 months ago

Yes, that is indeed the plan.

It's much easier to explain (especially to new members) by using age as a proxy for breath/depth of content. Ultimately, there isn't a universally simple way, but they will be able to discover the relevant material for themselves.

You spoke my mind.. :)

Snehal Shekatkar - 7 years, 6 months ago

Amazing idea! I wholeheartedly agree with this.

Michael Tang - 7 years, 6 months ago

Another question: can everyone on brilliant see this discussion? And if not, is there some way that we can make our own private discussions, with the tag "publishing groups" or just include our own group?

You can create a new discussion with this tag and then it will be posted in this group, implying only we can see it.

Tim Vermeulen - 7 years, 6 months ago

As a further note, if you chose to start a discussion from this page, it will automatically have a tag "Publishing groups". Only those with access can view that discussion.

Calvin,

I would like to switch to the Pythgorean Group, please. Thanks.

Zi Song Yeoh - 7 years, 6 months ago

You mean the Torque Team? ;)

Sreejato Bhattacharya - 7 years, 6 months ago

Yes. He means the Torque Team. :D

Sotiri Komissopoulos - 7 years, 6 months ago

yes

noooo zi song don't leave ussss

Erdos group, what do you want to call yourself?

Also, I think we should be called the Newton group, or Team Newton. I enjoy the symbolism behind that, as Newton laid the foundation of calculus and other high math, we too must lay the foundation for the younger or inexperienced to flourish in their mathematical pursuits.

Could you change my last name to "Krueger?"

Sorry about that, fixed!

How about "The Cosines"? As it is somewhat related to 'base', and our group is more inclined towards basic math.

Akshat Jain - 7 years, 6 months ago

Pythagorean Group, what do you want to call yourself?

TORQUE TEAM

If not that, I heard Archimedes was a pretty cool guy.

Prepare to inspire!

Maths we admire!

To provide the world with education!

To unite all gifted, from every nation!

To write something great every now and then!

To extend our reach to grades 8 through 10!

Michael!

Sreejato!

Tim!

Sotiri!

Pi Han!

Anqi!

Nina!

Zi Song!

Piyushkumar!

TEAM TORQUE, publish something every day!

Our audience will shout "Hooray!"

Meowth! Okay!

@Tim Vermeulen – ...why do you protect the world from alliteration? Alliteration is making a few consecutive words to begin with the same letter. You might mean illiterate, but then there's no illiteration. :P

Ivan Koswara - 7 years, 6 months ago

@Ivan Koswara – fun fact: Team Torque uses alliteration :P

@Tim Vermeulen – Fun fact: Two-word alliteration is not a hard task :P Also "fun fact" is also an alliteration. And the last three words of the previous sentence. Wait why are we talking about alliteration?

@Ivan Koswara – 'Wait why' and 'about alliteration' are also alliterations :P

A Former Brilliant Member - 7 years, 6 months ago

@A Former Brilliant Member – I don't want to list too much alliterations in a sentence. I deliberately made this comment not to contain any alliteration--dang.

@Ivan Koswara – In fact, there are even extensions of alliteration called consonance and assonance, which mean respectively the repetition of consonant and vowel sounds, not necessarily at the beginning of the words used.

@Ivan Koswara – I guess we have to invent new words to make the rhymes. :P

@Ivan Koswara – Oh man, you're right! I changed it :)

@Tim Vermeulen – Hahahahahahaha this is awesome xD

@Sotiri Komissopoulos – Really awesome! :)

@Tim Vermeulen – This is really something..

Soham Chanda - 7 years, 6 months ago

@Tim Vermeulen – hi tim & all teammates, i am new fortunate one to join you.

Piyushkumar Palan - 7 years, 6 months ago

@Piyushkumar Palan – Oh man, each time someone joins I have to edit my song/thing! I mean, welcome :)

@Tim Vermeulen – Haha nice (Y)

Anqi Li - 7 years, 6 months ago

In case anyone doesn't get the joke, "Torque Team" is a play on "Twerk Team." Twerking is a ridiculous version of dancing that is currently relatively popular in the U.S. I don't really know why.

@Sotiri Komissopoulos – I thought you meant this torque first, but now I get it. :P

@Sreejato Bhattacharya – Yeah, so that's the joke :P

@Tim Vermeulen – I thought this was based on Team Rocket?

Complex Melodic Fluctuators? lol best I could think of

also our group is amazing

Michael Tong - 7 years, 6 months ago

@Michael Tong – Oh come on! What's wrong with 'Torque Team'? :P

Torque Team, are any of you interested in game theory? The first meeting of my math circle happened today, and we did some really fun stuff with some simple games. I think it would be really cool to do a post about it... There are so many different things to analyze, and different games to play.

Nina Singh - 7 years, 6 months ago

The Random Variables :)

Fermat Group, what do you want to call yourself?

My last name only has two A's. ;)

Regarding group name, I have terrible group name ideas. I'll just go with anything...

...suddenly "Abelian" pops to my mind, where "Abelian Group" now has two meanings (one refers to this group).

Cool idea!

My apologies for the mistake.

Abelian group would not work sadly, due to the double meaning.

@Calvin Lin – Uh that's kinda the point. Also, we can refer to our group with "Abelian Group" and to the mathematical object as "abelian group" (or "Abelian group", but still with lowercase "g").

Umm would I sound rude if I request you to remove the 'r' from my name?

Sorry about that, fixed! That's not rude, I made a mistake when copying your name.

Fermat is of course one of my favorites so I like this name very much! :-) May I know what do we mean by grades?

Grade X = Year X, approximately aged X+6.

@Calvin Lin – Hmm.. Thank you.. :) So right away can we start publishing something or we need to wait till names are fixed?

@Snehal Shekatkar – Please read the main body of this discussion carefully.

Once the newsfeed has been launched, it will be easier for you to explain how publishing works, so I'd hold off talking about the procedure of publishing till then.

I guess that explains it. :)

@Sreejato Bhattacharya – Yup! Sorry about that.. :)

Group name based on theorems? Might be cool?

@Soham Chanda – I don't mind.. Even Fermat is cool for me! You suggest something.. lets see..

@Snehal Shekatkar – Goldbach's Conjurers?

@Soham Chanda – :) Fine if everybody agrees.. By the way, Goldbach's statement is not yet a theorem! ;-)

So with my "Abelian Group" rejected ( D: ), we have "Fermat Group" and "Goldbach's Conjurers". Any other idea? Or which one do we settle with?

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`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$