Category Archives: Mathematics in Society

Data Scientists & Math Grad Students

Lately, I have been having conversations with students about uneasiness in doing graduate work in mathematics. They are not necessarily anxious about the math; however, it is what they will do after. As a graduate student in mathematics, it seems … Continue reading

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Dance your math PhD

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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American Pi

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

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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Random Sample = All ?

In some situations, one person might desire to know something about some other people, whether it be the amount of money they make, the number of books they have read, the percentage of them who buy a certain product, or … Continue reading

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