Monthly Archives: January 2017

Open Math Notes: Free as in beer.

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Eriko Hironaka

Recently, the phrase “free as in beer vs. free as in speech” caught my attention. It was the first I had heard of this way of distinguishing two English meanings of free, and how it particularly applies to what is … Continue reading →

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Author Interview: Hossein Giv

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Eriko Hironaka

Hossein Hosseini Giv is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Sistan and Baluchestan in Zahedan, Iran.  The AMS Bookstore’s description of his book Mathematical Analysis and its Inherent Nature begins, “Mathematical analysis is often referred to as … Continue reading →

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