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Wow
So, um, I spent most of February without reading a single (non-math) book. I feel vaguely unclean. -
Instant gratification
So Monday night I put a paper up on the ArXiv. There was an email from a prof in Italy asking me about it on Tuesday morning. That's about as gratifying as math gets :) -
Do you believe in Canada?
As anyone can see, this isn’t a country - it’s far too perfect to be convincing. It’s a fantasy roleplaying character invented by a kid who goes to mock United Nations camps instead of playing Dungeons & Dragons. Occasionally this is recognized in little cultural hints - a “girlfriend in Canada” is American slang for “an imaginary girlfriend”. But ( Read more... ) -
Boredom im Mathland
Writing final exams is boring, so one has to amuse oneself somehow. The following was the best I could do: ( Read more... ) -
Books!
Somehow I don't have it in me to do proper book reviews, but I've gone through a lot of them in the past week or two. I think it has something to do with Thanksgiving and being kicked out of math mode by having solved a problem, but not to my satisfaction.
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On Sin
I don't want to live in a world without sin, but how about one where most 20 year olds can be trusted to take an exam without supervision?
Posted via m.livejournal.com.
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Hee
"I have not yet begun to fight." - John Paul Jones
"There's always some poor slob who doesn't get the word." - Anonymous Marine -
Mathematical Ethics
Don't prove things that aren't true? -a young cubby_t_bear
But it's so tempting to try otherwise .... -
With the Parents
Visiting Mathematician: "Your city is beautiful, but this is the ugliest campus I have seen in my life ( Read more... )