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Advice to a Young Mathematician

1 month ago

gleuschk : Advice to a Young Mathematician - from Atiyah, Bollobas, Connes, McDuff, Sarnak

Tags : math books writing research advice mathematicians

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Mathematical Miniatures, by Beno Eckmann

2 month ago

gleuschk : Mathematical Miniatures, by Beno Eckmann - I especially like the first one about the birth of arrows

Tags : math mathematicians history algebra topology mathematics

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The Continuing Silence of Bourbaki

2 month ago

gleuschk : The Continuing Silence of Bourbaki - interview from 1997 with Pierre Cartier

Tags : history interview bourbaki math mathematicians

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Wikipedia:Today's featured article/September 4, 2008 - Emmy Noether

3 month ago

gleuschk : Wikipedia:Today's featured article/September 4, 2008 - Emmy Noether - it's been fascinating to watch the preparations for FAing this article. (And I was tipped off that today was the day by the amazing uptick in vandalism on the page.)

Tags : noether wikipedia mathematicians

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Grothendieck at 80, IHES at 50 | notices

4 month ago

gleuschk : Grothendieck at 80, IHES at 50 | notices - I'd really like to see the "open letter" that Allyn Jackson is so coy about. Anyone?

Tags : grothendieck math notices history ihes mathematicians via:del/quiver

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AMS Manual for Special Session Organizers

4 month ago

gleuschk : AMS Manual for Special Session Organizers - deadline about 9 months ahead of time for the national meeting

Tags : mathematicians meetings organizing

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ZALA films: Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem

7 month ago

gleuschk : ZALA films: Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem - supercool

Tags : juliarobinson math mathematicians movies via:del/tplambeck

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Leray in Edelbach

9 month ago

gleuschk : Leray in Edelbach - shockingly long and interesting article about the mathematical work of Jean Leray in a POW camp in Austria, 1940-45

Tags : algebraictopology austria history leray mathematicians mathematics pow spectralsequences war

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This Psychologist Might Outsmart the Math Brains Competing for the Netflix Prize

9 month ago

gleuschk : This Psychologist Might Outsmart the Math Brains Competing for the Netflix Prize - nifty

Tags : jordanellenberg math mathematicians netflix psychology

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Women Mathematicians in the Academic Ranks: A Call to Action (PDF)

10 month ago

gleuschk : Women Mathematicians in the Academic Ranks: A Call to Action (PDF) - Report of the BIRS workshop on Women in Mathematics

Tags : academia banff birs department mathematicians mathematics women

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Carnegie Library Centennial Celebration Speech by Philip Church

11 month ago

gleuschk : Carnegie Library Centennial Celebration Speech by Philip Church - more of an annotated table of contents to the department web site (which could still use lots of tlc)

Tags : academia carnegie department history math mathematicians philchurch syracuse

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Syracuse University Math Faculty Timeline (pdf)

11 month ago

gleuschk : Syracuse University Math Faculty Timeline (pdf) - very cool. hi mom!

Tags : academia department faculty math mathematicians syracuse timeline

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long profile of Jim Simons at bloomberg.com

12 month ago

gleuschk : long profile of Jim Simons at bloomberg.com - did I mention it was long?

Tags : finance hedgefunds jimsimons mathematicians money

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The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Welcome!

15 month ago

gleuschk : The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Welcome! - redesigned, looking ... well, sure, we'll say it's looking nice.

Tags : genealogy mathematicians

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In memory of Andrei Vladimirovitch Roiter

15 month ago

gleuschk : In memory of Andrei Vladimirovitch Roiter - some interesting history about the Kiev school of representation theory

Tags : history kiev mathematicians mathematics representationtheory russia ukraine

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For Wall Street's Math Brains, Miscalculations - washingtonpost.com

15 month ago

gleuschk : For Wall Street's Math Brains, Miscalculations - washingtonpost.com - ignorance + envy = bizarrely antagonistic articles like this. "Most [mathematicians] are idiot savants brought to industrial proportion"

Tags : finance hedgefunds jimsimons mathematicians mathematics

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MoonshineMath » Blog Archive » the unbearable lightness of math-blogging

16 month ago

gleuschk : MoonshineMath » Blog Archive » the unbearable lightness of math-blogging - Lieven says, "What is the ratio of ‘link-posts’ to all? The lower the ratio, the better." Or, you know, accept that there are as many styles of blogs as of books.

Tags : advertisingignorance blogs mathblogs mathematicians rant

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Atle Selberg passed away

16 month ago

gleuschk : Atle Selberg passed away - nice writeup by Terry Tao

Tags : mathematicians sadness

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Bloch biography

18 month ago

gleuschk : Bloch biography - ... a model patient who refused to go out, saying "Mathematics is enough for me." Bloch explained the murders to his doctor saying "It's a matter of mathematical logic."

Tags : batshitinsane history mathematicians

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Sample Chapter for Byers, W.: How Mathematicians Think: Using Ambiguity, Contradiction, and Parad...

18 month ago

gleuschk : Sample Chapter for Byers, W.: How Mathematicians Think: Using Ambiguity, Contradiction, and Paradox to Create Mathematics. - interesting-looking book

Tags : books math mathematicians via:del/tplambeck

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Michael Atiyah: Beauty in Mathematics - Google Video

19 month ago

gleuschk : Michael Atiyah: Beauty in Mathematics - Google Video - could there be a beautiful proof of an ugly theorem?

Tags : atiyah beauty mathematicians mathematics

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Police remain baffled by prof's fiery death - CNN.com

19 month ago

gleuschk : Police remain baffled by prof's fiery death - CNN.com - Steve Haataja

Tags : friends mathematicians nebraska sadness

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James Harris Simons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

19 month ago

gleuschk : James Harris Simons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - gave a nice talk at MSRI (oh, and also gave $10 million)

Tags : math mathematicians money wikipedia

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Sad news about Paul Cohen

21 month ago

gleuschk : Sad news about Paul Cohen - I've been talking about his stuff in seminar this month

Tags : math mathematicians sadness

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Sad news about Paul Cohen

21 month ago

gleuschk : Sad news about Paul Cohen - I've been talking about his stuff in seminar this month

Tags : math mathematicians sadness

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