Edward Frenkel ✓

@edfrenkel · Berkeley, CA · joined 30 Jun 2009

Mathematician, @UCBerkeley professor, author of LOVE & MATH (published in 20 languages), host of AfterMath series on YouTube, music expolorer as DJ Moonstein

25 391Followers

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60.5KViews on collected posts

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Edward Frenkel ✓@edfrenkel15 Jul

Every mathematical formula expresses a fundamental truth about the Universe and about ourselves. These truths are persistent and timeless. They belong to all of us, and mean the same to all of us, regardless of language, religion, or skin color. Mathematics thus shows we are all

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Edward Frenkel ✓@edfrenkel8 Jul

Carl Jung spoke about our connection to the Divine as a natural psychological function. And here "Divine" means that which transcends the discursive mind. Today, we tend to rationalize everything and reject the Divine, but then we end up worshiping dictators or... machines. Alas,

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Edward Frenkel ✓@edfrenkel8 Apr

Thank you, @ericweinstein! 🙏🤩 Well-said, and what a great question at the end! My take: it all starts with us, humans. We create new technology, we "program the machines" so to speak. We set the stage. If we can cultivate this sixth sense of our deeper connection to each 45.1K views · 118 likes · 13 reposts · 14 replies Open on X →

Edward Frenkel ✓@edfrenkel8 Apr

@edfrenkel Imagination helps me to see and to know things; but what I know is relationships, and mathematics I think like geometries are the fundamental relationships of all things, but of Love. Mathematics is Love, through which we know imagination, Life and the Universe I love 205 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Edward Frenkel ✓@edfrenkel7 Apr

Based on the keynote presentation I gave at the 2026 UNESCO Global Webinar "Mathematics and Hope" honoring the International Day of Mathematics (Pi Day): More details: https://t.co/iO6Vjb1C22 Watch on YouTube: https://t.co/LJ6FJvvKi3 5K views · 25 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Edward Frenkel ✓@edfrenkel28 Jan

What I've learned over decades of my mathematical research is that at the moment of discovery, ordinary thinking stops. We enter the FLOW STATE and just like artists & musicians feel guided by something greater than ourselves. Many great scientists are on record saying this ⤵️⤵️

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Portée, %12.12%ce compte3.85%médiane pour 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.46%ce compte1.52%médiane pour 10K–100K

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Portée (vues ÷ abonnés)	12.12%	3.85%	3.15×
Taux d'engagement	1.46%	1.52%	0.96×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

4.1K28 Jan

5K7 Apr

2058 Apr

45.1K

2.7K8 Jul

3.4K15 Jul

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

2.34%28 Jan

0.64%7 Apr

0.98%8 Apr

0.32%

1.17%8 Jul

1.75%15 Jul

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes64.5%292 in total

Reposts8.4%38 in total

Replies7.5%34 in total

Quotes0.7%3 in total

Bookmarks19.0%86 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

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