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A Hidden Gem for the JMM

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Sarah K. Salmon

The start of the new year comes with the hustle and bustle of thousands of mathematicians converging this week on the city of Atlanta for the 2017 Joint Mathematics Meetings. With so many talks, panels, poster sessions, exhibits, and other engagements, deciding … Continue reading →

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Cheat Sheet for This Week’s JMM

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Alexi

The Joint Mathematics Meetings are being held this week in Seattle!  In the most recent blog post, Derek gave advice on how to navigate the JMM when you are on the job market and/or presenting your own research.  Here in this complementary post, … Continue reading →

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Flash mob video from 2013 Joint Meetings

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Diana Davis

The flash mob was a great success, with some small groups making and unknotting human knots, and then all the groups coming together to make a big connected sum. The big connected sum ended up being a single knot, rather … Continue reading →

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Flash human knot untangling at JMM in January

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Diana Davis

Breaking news! To celebrate the AMS’s 125-year anniversary, we will do a “flash mob”-style event at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Diego in January. Small groups of 5-6 people will form, reach out and grasp hands to form “human … Continue reading →

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