Monthly Archives: January 2010

Talks by Wilkinson, Harris, Stanley, Blum, Bhargava, Shor on Wednesday. by Nicholas Neumann-Chun I am now one full day of math lectures older.  The invited addresses are fairly accessible; that is, they’re aimed at a large audience (quite literally!).  That doesn’t … Continue reading →

by Nicholas Neumann-Chun AMS President George Andrews supports a number of initiatives for the AMS, including a Fellows program.  Long-standing secretary of the MAA Martha Siegel characterizes the various mathematical societies.

by Diana Davis Perfect Rigor, by Masha Gessen. Before reading this book, I had only vague ideas about Grigori Perelman. I thought that, after being a postdoc in the US, he disappeared back to Russia, lived with his mother for … Continue reading →

by Nicholas Neumann-Chun The 2010 Joint Mathematics Meetings are coming up!  Next week the AMS (American Mathematical Society) and the MAA (Mathematical Association of America) will convene in San Francisco, CA.  From Wednesday, January 13 to Saturday, January 16, there will … Continue reading →

I never pondered whether or not I wanted to go to graduate school. I was too busy keeping my grades up so that I could even set foot in the college of my choice. After I found out about the … Continue reading →