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I just completed my first year at the University of Chicago, where I studied Real Analysis and Computability Theory. I have also studied at the University of Kansas, including a graduate Commutative Algebra course. My mathematical interests lie primarily in this field and in dynamical systems, particularly systems of billiards in polygons and the Triangular Billiards Conjecture. I am currently working on a paper on the TBC as part of an REU program, and so far have learned that it makes for unusually poor small talk at parties.


Sep
6
comment Drawing a complex figure in Tikz
Thanks very much. I actually just realized that after staring at the code some more. I'm going to try using this method to make a similar drawing and see how things work out.
Sep
6
comment Drawing a complex figure in Tikz
I think I see the general strategy you're using, but I don't understand what \xdef\mysign{1} is doing.
Sep
6
comment Drawing a complex figure in Tikz
I hadn't seen loops in TeX before. Thanks for the answer, it should help me with some of the other stuff I have to TeX.
Aug
10
comment TeXnicCenter won't build when using pgf package
@Werner That fixed the problem. Thanks so much.
Aug
10
comment TeXnicCenter won't build when using pgf package
@Werner It might, thank you very much for the link. I'm currently updating MiKTeX to see if that fixes the problem and will report back once I'm finished (my internet connection is slow). If it does, feel free to close this question as a duplicate.