Category Archives: Math

What’s the Big Data?

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Shijie Gu

The first time I heard about big data was April 1st, the “fool’s day”, while I was drinking coffee, and reading the SIAM newspaper. I was attracted by a report about a meeting of the SIAM Committee on Science Policy (December … Continue reading →

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Odd Perfect Numbers: Do They Exist?

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Avery Carr

Mathematical inquiry can often lead to a jungle of unique questions and problems.  In the field of Number Theory, there are a wide assortment of such mathematical creatures.  Although these problems are easy to state, they can remain dormant for … Continue reading →

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AMS Sectional Meetings Funding

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Tyler Clark

The AMS will be accepting applications for partial travel support for graduate students attending any of the four AMS Fall 2013 Sectional Meetings (October 5-6, 2013, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; October 12-13, 2013, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; October 18-20, … Continue reading →

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The Weak and Strong Goldbach Conjectures

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Avery Carr

In 1742 the German mathematician Christian Goldbach wrote a letter to Leonhard Euler proposing two problems that, until recently, have seen little progress.  In modern terms, the problems are identified as either the Weak or Strong Goldbach Conjecture.  The Strong … Continue reading →

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What Would Plato Think of a Metric Space?

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Jean Joseph

On one side, Platonism concerns the existence of an abstract world of mathematical objects which is independent of our concrete world. On the other side, some think that mathematics is grounded in the human world and is influenced by culture, … Continue reading →

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