Category Archives: Math

Dance your math PhD

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Diana Davis

When I heard that there was a contest to explain your PhD thesis through dance, I knew that I had to do it. I spent a few months thinking about how to turn my theorem into a compelling dance, and … Continue reading →

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This Day in Mathematics History

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Tyler Clark

I enjoy reading about mathematics history. One of my favorite websites for this is http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Day_files/Now.html hosted by the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Today’s mathematician births and deaths are shown below. This page also has some quotations from the day’s featured … Continue reading →

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Become an Editor of the AMS Grad Blog?

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Tyler Clark

If you have been reading the blog and want to try your hand at writing some articles yourself, please email me, Tyler Clark (Editor-in-Chief), at thomas.clark973@topper.wku.edu. We ask that you be a graduate student in mathematics and have at least … Continue reading →

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American Pi

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Tyler Clark

The United States Census has an online “population clock” (http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html). A bit after 2:29 pm EDT, the census bureau said that the United States reached 314,159,265 residents. Notice this is approximately . Happy “American Pi Day!” )

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Some Comments

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Jean Joseph

Andrew Hacker, in his article “Is Algebra Necessary?” in the Sunday Review of The New York Times (Sunday, July 29), raises a question that seems to have been raised by others but that fails to attract much attention. One might … Continue reading →

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