Tag Archives: aperiodical

On Michael Atiyah and the Riemann Hypothesis

Posted on October 1, 2018 by racheljcrowell

At the 2018 Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF), Sir Michael Atiyah gave a lecture in which he claimed to have found a proof for the Riemann hypothesis. If Atiyah’s proof holds up, then the nearly 160 year problem concerning the distribution of primes … Continue reading →

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Alan Turing on Stage and Screen

Posted on July 24, 2014 by evelynjlamb

It was a big week for Alan Turing dramatizations. On Monday, the UK and US trailers for the Turing biopic The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, were released, and on Wednesday, the 102nd anniversary of Turing’s birth, the Pet Shop … Continue reading →

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Mistakes Are Interesting

Posted on February 11, 2014 by evelynjlamb

I just finished grading my first midterms of the semester, and I’m learning a lot about how my students think through the mistakes they made. (With apologies to Tolstoy, I’m definitely experiencing a bit of “correct solutions are all alike; … Continue reading →

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