Victor J Aguilar

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Riddle me this?

Here's something to keep you busy over the holidays. Merry Christmas everyone! (Maybe Santa Claus will bring you an Alvin compass to help you do the geometry problems in my book.)

24 December 2023 3,978 0 View

Why did the current interglacial kill off the woolly mammals, but not the previous one?

The attached graph shows that the previous interglacial (beginning about 145,000 years ago) was warmer than the current one (beginning about 20,000 years ago), so why did the woolly mammoth and...

29 June 2023 156 8 View

Can you suggest geometry theorems about skew bridges?

On pages 148-151 (RG numbers 171-174) of my book, Geometry-Do, I prove the skew angle theorem, some other related theorems and I solve several triangle construction problems. Are there any...

12 October 2017 7,167 6 View

Can life at hydrothermal vents on the dark side of Trappist-1C survive solar flares?

Two questions: 1. Can life at hydrothermal vents on the dark side of Trappist-1C survive solar flares? This recent 29 March 2016 paper suggests that solar flares might make the entire Trappist-1...

07 April 2017 2,840 17 View

Machine Gun Emplacement as an Application of Geometry. Criticism?

I have recently updated my manuscript for Geometry-Do. (Attached) In particular, I have added a section on machine gun emplacement on page 65. If there are any military men on Research Gate...

19 November 2016 1,155 9 View

How can I inspire top students in high school to pursue geometry?

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291333791_Volume_One_Geometry_without_Multiplication Very few of the top students in high school take an interest in geometry. After acing Algebra I, they...

08 April 2016 7,473 25 View

Geometry-Do written to red belt level. Can you find fault?

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291333791_Volume_One_Geometry_without_Multiplication Geometry-Do is now written through the red-belt level. Can anybody here find any fault with the...

03 March 2016 4,124 2 View

Are taxonomy and deductive logic synonymous?

Tony Lawson claims that deductivism is synonymous with taxonomy. This is not a misinterpretation of his views - his writing literally bristles with statements to this effect and even when...

16 December 2015 4,298 7 View

How does my three-term system of formal logic compare to Steve Faulkner’s work?

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270687116_AXIOMATIC_THEORY_of_ECONOMICS This paper provides a simplified exposition (no real analysis) of the economic theory presented in the second part...

06 December 2015 8,373 6 View

How should I respond to people who invoke Gödel’s name when dismissing my work?

In 1999 I published a book, Axiomatic Theory of Economics. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270687116_AXIOMATIC_THEORY_of_ECONOMICS Since then I have found that economists who have not...

22 November 2015 1,201 23 View

Dimetrodon and Edaphosaurus - that's not a sail, it's a hump!

The carnivorous dimetrodon and the herbivorous edaphosaurus were both Permian period tetrapods with rows of vertical spikes sticking straight up from their backbones. Illustrations show these...

01 January 1970 254 13 View

Comment on epistemology writing sample for graduate admission?

I have a B.S. in mathematics and am considering enrolling in a philosophy graduate program to specialize in epistemology. I will use the epistemology chapter of my book, Axiomatic Theory of...

01 January 1970 5,776 0 View

Is H.G. Wells' Time Machine a good analogy of where generative AI is taking humanity?

"Concerns about the negative impact [of generative AI] are valid, the report noted, with researchers pointing to the 'deterioration of cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved'... depriving...

01 January 1970 8,428 3 View