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AMS Graduate Student Blog Named in Top 50

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Frank Morgan

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The Secret Life of Chaos

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Brian Katz

by Brian Katz I just saw this beautiful BBC documentary about Chaos, and I would highly recommend it. They attempt to reconcile patterns in nature, chaos, and possibilities for self-organization. It’s a really nice history of recent mathematical ideas including … Continue reading →

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2nd Annual Women in Math Symposium

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Brie Finegold

DEADLINE for this event is February 5th. The symposium will be held on Saturday, February 20th at the University of Southern California in LA.

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Mathematical Origami Design

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Nicholas Neumann-Chun

Robert Lang speaks about mathematical origami design by Nicholas Neumann-Chun Friday morning (the 15th) I was privileged to hear several talks on the mathematics of origami, including one by (my personal hero) Robert Lang.  Since early childhood I have been fascinated … Continue reading →

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Interview with MAA President David Bressoud

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Nicholas Neumann-Chun

by Nicholas Neumann-Chun Professor Bressoud talks about the MAA, mathematical careers, and teaching mathematics. After a couple of talks this morning, one technical and incomprehensible, one unexpectedly mind-opening – more about this later – I got to sit down with MAA … Continue reading →

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