About

Hey, what's new? I'm Jacob, and I love math.

I'm a rising fourth-year student at Northeastern University in the John Martinson Honors Program, studying mathematics & computer science, and was just abroad in Sydney, Australia. When I'm not on the clock, you may find me playing pickup footy at a local field, dueling friends at the poker table, or out hiking!

Although I hate to tether myself to beliefs, I currently subscribe to & coin one: breadth is depth. Objectively false at first glance, the saying is my compass, and its truth lies within the questions: what is the thing we're exploring, and how do we parse this thing?

In practice, trying seemingly unrelated things may prove more beneficial in reaching your primary goal, or, more broadly, in shortening the expected distance between the next "new" and you, than running at it head-first; equally so, an overarching trend towards something is necessary to make progress. Thus, abstract depth is often gained via a controlled, breadth-derived approach to learning. Like a tree...

But where to & why try? The closest to truly "new", as mentioned above and introduced in Welcome, is what I seek.