Tag Archives: John D. Cook

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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What Wish Would You Ask a Math Genie to Grant?

Posted on August 6, 2018 by racheljcrowell

“If a genie offered to give you a thorough understanding of one theorem, what theorem would you choose?” blogger John D. Cook recently asked on his @AnalysisFact Twitter account. Responses ranged from the names of theorems to questions about the … Continue reading →

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Bad Statistics: Ignore or Call Out?

Posted on April 10, 2014 by evelynjlamb

Andrew Gelman has been wondering how much time he should spend criticizing crappy research, and so am I. He wrote the post after a discussion with Jeff Leek of Simply Statistics about replication and criticism. Harsh criticism of preliminary studies … Continue reading →

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