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Heisuke Hironaka obituary: mathematician who smoothed out geometry’s complexities
2+ week, 2+ day ago (217+ words) His awe-inspiring proof for the resolution of singularities — such as peaks, edges and self-crossings — revolutionized algebraic geometry....
The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (135+ words) Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor -- a girl who knew little but wanted to learn. Posted by retort at 03:45 PM | 0 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | Read the Retort…...
Simons Center Exhibition Brings Altgeld Math Models into Focus
3+ week, 3+ day ago (309+ words) In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mathematical models were created — primarily in Germany — to visualize complex geometric forms and abstract mathematical concepts. Crafted from plaster, wood, metal, string, and even cardboard, these objects were used for research and university instruction....
HXMMA 46 - Hexagone MMA 46
3+ week, 3+ day ago (160+ words) Sherdog HXMMA 46 - Hexagone MMA 46 - UFC fighter accuses failed DWCS hopeful of attacking him in Thailand - Former 2-division UFC champ Henry Cejudo set for pro boxing debut - Jon Jones accuses Daniel Cormier of ‘jealousy’ over UFC GOAT take - Sean Brady says…...
Pastor’s Corner: Monkey physics!
3+ week, 2+ day ago (288+ words) Tama-Toledo News Chronicle Pastor’s Corner: Monkey physics! Pastor Mike Nodland of the Christian Fellowship Church in Vining, IA. I recall my college statistics professor telling the class that you can prove anything with statistics, meaning also that statistics can lie!...
Announcing the winners: Maths Tales competition
1+ week, 4+ day ago (103+ words) Scottish Book Trust Announcing the winners: Maths Tales competition During Maths Week Scotland in September, the Maths Tales writing competition was launched. Maths Week Scotland and Read Write Count with the First Minister teamed up to challenge young authors in…...
Here’s How Albert Einstein Proved Pythagoras Theorem When He Was 11
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (31+ words) When looking through the book Fractals, Chaos, Power Laws: Minutes from an Infinite Paradise by Manfred R. Schroeder, I came …...
The Monkey Series: Learning to See Beyond the Subject
3+ week, 6+ hour ago (21+ words) Explore the Monkey Series through wildlife photography, observation, composition, and the art of seeing beyond the subject to find meaningful photographs....
THE TRAPEZOIDAL-PARALLELEPIPEDAL TRIANGLE
3+ week, 4+ day ago (28+ words) It had always been just a Triangle — a rigid, flat, two-dimensional shape on a graphic processor screen in an Austin laboratory. Three angles, three edges …...
Mathematicians discover the worst way to hang a painting
1+ week, 1+ day ago (351+ words) New solutions found to picture-hanging problems By Emma R. Hasson edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Retired computer scientist Tom Verhoeff first explored such problems in a workshop for a grade school math camp, where the campers investigated with actual string and…...