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I hate being suckered by my brain.
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By atomikwolf
Posted Fri Mar 18, 2005 at 11:57:01 PM PDT
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It is now 1:23 AM Saturday morning, and I've spent pretty much my entire spring break trying to figure out the details of the 3x+1 problem.
I confess, I saw it online about a week ago something talking about it, and I thought that if I tried hard enough I could come up with a proof for it. I wanted to scour the internet looking for what others had done to avoid their mistakes, but being a poor math student already and only been up to Trig (for now) I was subsequently lost by all the terminologies. Whatever, I kept going.
And now its 1:25 AM and I think I may have annoyed the entire math department at the college I am attending - I've emailed practically everyone in the math department, only to forget that everyone is gone for spring break. I even emailed a few folks at other universities, hoping to have someone explain to me all these mathematical concepts so that I might better understand the problem.
I hate being myself.
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Happy Pi Day
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By jvano
Posted Mon Mar 14, 2005 at 05:09:57 PM PDT
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Math club had several pies and a Jepordy style trivia game with a Pi theme.
Someone also pointed out this mnemonic for the digits of pi (and extended version of a classic).
Happy 3.14!
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Notes for "Career Paths for Undergraduates in Mathematics" Panel
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By jvano
Posted Tue Dec 07, 2004 at 02:28:18 PM PDT
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MEETING:
2005-01 Atlanta Joint Mathematics Meetings
SESSION TITLE:
Career Paths for Undergraduates in Mathematics
SESSION DESCRIPTION:
A common question asked by undergraduates is: What can I do with a degree in mathematics? In this session, the panelists will discuss the many varied careers that an undergraduate degree can lead towards.
TIME:
Wed from 2:15 to 3:35 pm
LOCATION:
Salon B, Imperial Ballroom, Marriott
Other information, e.g. regarding the format we will use, questions students would like answered, etc. can be posted as comments to this diary entry. Also, see below for more detailed info (e.g. Oraginezers and Panelists).
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By jvano
Posted Fri Nov 19, 2004 at 12:10:00 PM PDT
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Connexions
is a Plone site at Rice.
From their page:
Knowledge should be free, open, and shared. Connexions is a rapidly growing collection of free scholarly materials and a powerful set of free software tools to help: (1) authors publish and collaborate, (2) instructors rapidly build and share custom courses, (3) learners explore the links among concepts, courses, and disciplines.
I saw this a while ago when I was looking at plone stuff, but then also got from Nigel Boston the following:
Speaker: Rich Baraniuk (Rice University)
Title: The Connexions Project
12-1pm, Monday - 3609 Engineering Hall
Abstract - Connexions is a collaborative, community-driven approach to
authoring, teaching, and learning that aims to capture and convey the
dynamic, continuum of knowledge by fully exploiting information
technology. Available free of charge to anyone under open-content and
open-source licenses, Connexions offers high-quality, custom-tailored
electronic course material, is adaptable to a wide range of learning
styles, and provides tools that encourage students to explore the
links among concepts, courses, and disciplines. In contrast to the
traditional process of textbook writing and publishing, Connexions
fosters world-wide, cross-institution communities of authors,
instructors, and students, who collaboratively and dynamically fashion
modules, courses, and curricula. This talk will overview the vision,
goals, and progress of the project over the past five years. More
information on Connexions can be found at http://cnx.rice.edu/
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