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November 20, 2025 9:30 pm (EST)
Age is just a number: A living proof
Phil Mickelson won the PGA championship at the age of 50 (almost 51 as a matter of fact!) This sets the record for the oldest champion of a major tournament in men’s professional golf. Interestingly, Phil is also eligible to compete in the Champions tour (formerly known as the Senior tour) but his win guarantees…
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November 20, 2025 9:30 pm (EST)
My favourite trigonometric identity
I enjoyed proving trigonometric identities when I was in high school. The following identity that appeared on an old mathematics contest (Descartes contest) is perhaps my favourite one as it has a neat formulation: For triangle , we have: Here is the proof: Since , we have . Hence …
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November 20, 2025 9:30 pm (EST)
Break it down
Life is overwhelming but a good general principle is to pick one small thing you can do. Finish it. Then repeat the process. Each iteration will give you more confidence and eventually that seemingly daunting task at the beginning will be done.