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Martin Garder and Walter Rudin

By Kareem Carr Both Martin Gardner and Walter Rudin died last week. Although I have never met either man, both had a profound effect on my development as a mathematical person. I am sure that this is true for many … Continue reading

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Insights into Scholarly Living

By Kareem Carr The Peoples Archive is an online video archive where people who have achieved some success in their lives discuss in detail their life stories. The original focus was science and so, lucky for us, many of these … Continue reading

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Democratic, Free-market Mathematics

By Kareem Carr Some of you may have already heard about MathOverflow, but for those of you who haven’t, let me tell you what you’ve be missing.

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U.S. News Rankings

By Kareem Carr For what it’s worth, the 2010 U.S. News rankings for graduate schools in mathematics are out.

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Finding Mr. or Ms. Right: The Search for the Perfect Advisor

by Angelean Hendrix One of the most important decisions of your graduate career will be the advisor you choose to work with.  As a graduate student who has the BEST advisor ever and has seen many of her colleagues struggle … Continue reading

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