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Category Archives: Mathematics
Two Upcoming Events in London
The British Computer Society is arranging a ‘Visions for computer science conference‘. The meeting is from 22-24 September. The event has been advertised as following: The BCS is launching its first international academic conference, intended as a major international event … Read More
Tagged: BCS, computer science, IMA, Mathematics, Turing Award
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Problem Solving & Research: Advice from Descartes
Research in mathematical sciences and computer science is in many ways a matter of problem solving. One tries to use whatever tools one has to get one’s way round a problem. I was recently impressed by someone from the seventeenth … Read More
How to Write Mathematics
Among mathematical writers, Paul Halmos was unique because of his clear exposition and introduction of clever notations. Halmos, known for his famous autobiography, also wrote an insightful essay on how to write mathematics. Halmos claims in the beginning that the … Read More
Tagged: Academic writing, Mathematics, Paul Halmos
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Letters to a Young Mathematician
Explaining the elegance, utility and ubiquity of mathematics to the general public has always been an onerous task for mathematicians. However, if anyone does it well, it is Prof Ian Stewart. His recent book, ‘Letters to a young mathematician’, was … Read More
Tagged: advice, Mathematics
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