Lately I have been watching the CBS show NUMB3RS. I came across an interesting website with information regarding the math used in the episodes. It can be found at http://numb3rs.wolfram.com/season6.html. (Thinking about the math behind the show makes me feel not so guilty about wasting time sitting in front of the TV.)
For some interesting trivia about the show, see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433309/trivia.
What good math shows/movies do you all recommend?
On Sunday, I posted about changes in Wolfram|Alpha. Today, Wolfram released Wolfram|Alpha Pro.
Starting today, everyone has access to Wolfram|Alpha Pro at wolframalpha.com. Unlike the “tourist” version of Wolfram|Alpha, though, you have to log in, and, yes, to get full capabilities there’s a subscription ($4.99/month, or $2.99/month for students). (Right now, you can try it for free with a trial subscription.)
If you are anything like me, you have forgotten a lot of your differential equations material. I have had several students ask me for help in d.e. and I have to get out my old notes and books and try to figure it out. Good news though… Wolfram|Alpha now shows step-by-step solutions to simple d.e.’s and some more complicated ones. Continue reading
The 8th annual Graduate Students Combinatorics Conference (GSCC8) will be held April 13th-15th at the University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign. Registration is open, and today is the last day to apply for funding. The GSCC conferences are a great way to meet other grad students in combinatorics, and, in my opinion, the best conferences to go to.
Register and get more info here: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jbutter2/www/GSCC/
We have all had to learn to type using LaTeX. For most, myself included, trying to learn TeX is a nightmare. Although I consider myself nowhere near an expert in LaTeX, I have learned a couple of things the hard way. The following is a list of tips for the beginning (or perhaps experienced) “TeXer.”
