Expository writings

Mathematical proofs and demonstrations are really fun to do and they take up much of my free time during my undergraduate days:

2010, Autumn Semester: The Aranjuez Diaries (Philosophy of Mathematics)
2010, Autumn Semester: The Nabla Vector (First-year Engineering Math)
2010, Autumn Semester: Theorems of Vector Calculus
2011, Spring Semester: Real Analysis
2013, Spring Semester: Prof János Pach's Bonus Questions (Graph Theory at EPFL)

There are also other works of non-fiction, expository stuff, not all of which are serious at all:

2008, December 21: Firebase Orchestra (making music out of live firing trainings)
2010, May 22: How to Tame your Canvas (description of my painting technique)
2011, February 23: Street Brawl Mathematics (First-year Engineering Math)
2012, July 5: Mosquitoes (I hate mosquitoes)
2012, November 22: Mud Bricks and Straw (Materials Science)
2012, November 29: The Likelihood of Waterspouts in the Straits of Singapore
2014, October 21: The Elusive Perovskite (how does one find it?)
2015, April 14: The curious notion that one should not discover a dead thing and then leave without doing it some small service (pondering dead birds)
2020, December 18: The Belltower of St. Agnes (a Cleveland landmark)
2021, August 30: Letter to Benoît-Joseph Labre (reflections on homeless ministry)
2024, September 22: How Kicking Other People in the Groin Leads You to Sainthood (reflections on Krav Maga)

Two passages, in particular, deal with my ideas and experiences helping my friend Valerio learn Chinese:

2015, March 1: Part 1 - Pinyin, Tone and Springtime
2015, April 4: Part 2 - Grammar and Vocabulary

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