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Category Archives: Mathematics
Mathematics and Art
A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas. I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art – … Read More
Tagged: Art, Mathematics
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Elementary versus Easy
Peter Sarnak is a well known mathematician who is also a permanent member of the Institute for Advanced Study. In the ‘Final Perspectives’ of The Princeton Companion to Mathematics, Sarnak makes some useful comments on the nature of good scholarship. … Read More
Tagged: paper writing, proofs
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AMS Blog
The AMS (American Mathematical Society) is one of the premier mathematics organizations. It is well known for its research programs, surveys, employment services and publications including Mathematical Reviews. It also raises public awareness of mathematics.
Tagged: AMS blog
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Gordon Brown and science
The economics recession has been having an effect in every area. However, Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged that UK research will not be a victim of the recession. He said that the recession is an opportunity to change the focus … Read More
Tagged: Gordon Brown, Science
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Two Game Theorists
I recently wrote a short note for the university economics society publication. It consisted of brief profiles on two game theorists who passed away in 2008. The following is taken from the note:
Tagged: Game theory
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The Power of Graphs
Graphs are mathematical structures that model pairwise relations between objects. They are represented by vertices and edges where the edges may be directed or undirected. Whenever I am working on some research problem using graphs, my friends who are unfamiliar … Read More
Tagged: computer science, Graph theory, Mathematics
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Mathematics Jobs
There was recently an interesting survey on the ‘best’ jobs. The findings were compiled by Les Krantz, author of Jobs Rated Almanac, and are based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau. It turns … Read More
Tagged: Jobs, Mathematics
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