Category Archives: General

Who’s That Mathematician?

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Tyler Clark

Paul Halmos (1916-2006) was an American mathematician born in Hungary. He worked in probability there, statistics, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis. He received the AMS Steele Prize for exposition. Three of his books include How to Read Mathematics, How to Write … Continue reading →

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What Do We Do!?!

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Tyler Clark

On November 28, @MathUpdate tweeted a link to a Quora topic titled What do grad students in math do all day? Khalid Kalbat suggested a Big Bang Theory segment as an explanation.

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Machines or us?

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Jean Joseph

Some people claim that there needs to be a computer or some machine to do this or that for them, and over the years, it seems this agenda has been able to be carried out since many things they used … Continue reading →

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Black Friday vs. STEM

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Tyler Clark

I ran across a post by Data Science consultant, Cathy O’Neil, with a chart comparing the number of Google searches done by for Global Warming and Black Friday. You can see Cathy’s thoughts on this at http://mathbabe.org/2012/11/21/black-friday-resistance-plan/. I created my own chart (through … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Tyler Clark

Happy Thanksgiving! First we thank all of our readers for everything. You all are what make the blog a success. We also thank all of the folks at the AMS who help with everything. Thanks also to Dr. Frank Morgan … Continue reading →

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