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Tag Archives: ABC conjecture
The Best and Worst of 2018
We’ve made it through another year! So as is the custom, here’s a quick roundup of the best and worst things that happened in 2018. In math. Best of 2018 There were two really exciting developments in quantum computing this … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC conjecture, Ewin Tang, Harvard, MAA, Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, quantum computing, Teaching Evaluations, Urmila Mahadev
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Musings on a Mathematician’s Duties
As I mentioned in my last post, I wish a genie would grant me thorough understanding of the proof Shinichi Mochizuki proposed for the abc conjecture. Much of this wish is motivated by a desire for the divisive debate to … Continue reading
Posted in Math Communication, Number Theory, Publishing in Math, Uncategorized
Tagged ABC conjecture, duties, ethics, IUT theory, mathematicians
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Best and Worst of 2017
As this year comes careening to a screeching halt, it’s time once again for that annual tradition of the best and worst of the year…in math. And what a year it’s been! Where to begin? Let’s start with the good … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC conjecture, bitcoin, blockchain, Capital Currents, Karen Saxe, Maryam Mirzakhani, mochizuki, Navier Stokes Equations, neural networks, nsf, Vladimir Voevodsky, WannaCry
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