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Ellie Sleightholm

@elsleightholm
🎓 Applied Maths PhD student at DAMTP, University of Cambridge 🪐 Showing others the beauty in Maths, Space, and STEM 📧 [email protected]
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    Ellie Sleightholm
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    Apr 3
    A few new faces around here so let me reintroduce myself! I’m Ellie, I’m a @Cambridge_Uni Mathematics Masters Graduate who loves sharing the beauty of mathematics and STEM. I started my career in the space industry as a Space Systems Optimisation Engineer and later an
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    Oct 8
    Most of the X community seem to have forgotten that people do mathematics for the beauty and elegance of the field :) That's what I try and portray through my content anyway So here's a video of some beautiful mathematics in Astrophysics if you want to check it out!
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    Ellie Sleightholm
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    Oct 7
    Important statement from the Association for Human Mathematics ahmath.org/statements
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    The Association for Human Mathematics, which released this statement, was founded in September 2026 and lists 808 members. It does not represent mathematicians worldwide (global estimates ~80,000 research mathematicians). ahmath.org/members proofsandprompts.com/2026/09/12/the… mathoverflow.net/questions/5485… web.archive.org/web/2013082105…
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    Ellie Sleightholm
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    Oct 7
    Why wouldn’t mathematicians want solutions to these huge open maths problems? shoutout @mathandcobb for being a consistent voice in this conversation
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    Ellie Sleightholm
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    Oct 7
    would you really ask an artist what's the point in painting if AI can generate art for you? some people pursue things for the beauty of a particular field, not just to get from A to B the quickest smh
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    Oct 6
    Who is still currently doing an undergrad or even a PhD in math rn and why?
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