Mathematician's essay on AI's shock to mathematics honors teacher Steve Strogatz
stevenstrogatz · x · 2026-10-24
- Mathematician Jonathan Marek published 'The AI and Steve Strogatz' on Substack, recalling legendary teacher Donald 'Joff' Joffray's multivariable calculus class at Loomis Chaffee, where problems came from the real world and Joff's 'pantheon' of star students topped by Cornell's Steve Strogatz.
- Built around the letters (mostly equations) Joff exchanged with students circa 1990, the essay moves to lessons and hopes from AI's shock to mathematics and what it means for math education.
- Strogatz himself shared the piece, joking that Jonathan was too honest to admit he belonged in that pantheon too.
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