Author Archives: Adam Topaz

Mathematicians are strange!

By Adam Topaz Hello everyone! It is around that time when everyone is about to have, or has already had their spring break, so… have a good break! or, I hope you had a good break! respectively. Today I wanted … Continue reading

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Keep Track of Your References

By Adam Topaz Remember that paper you read 4 months ago… the one with the really interesting result that you planned to use in your research but then somehow you forgot about it? Well it’s 4 months later, and it’s … Continue reading

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New Year’s Resolutions

By Adam Topaz It’s almost that time of year again — New Year’s. That means people all around the world will be making some sort of resolution which they will promptly break on January 3rd, 2011. Unlike mostly everyone else, … Continue reading

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Exercise Your Mind

By Adam Topaz As graduate students, we live intellectual lives — coffee, cookies and math papers. Over the couple of years I’ve been in grad school, I’ve tried using some different methods to increase my productivity, some of which have … Continue reading

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