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YMN Events at the Joint Meetings
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By dkung
Posted Tue Jan 03, 2006 at 01:35:58 PM PDT
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We're hosting a bunch of great events at the Joint meetings in San Antonio. With four panel discussions, a poster session and the Town Hall Meeting, there's something for everyone. We hope to see you there!
...click below for the full schedule...
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The Mathematics of Christmas
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By overconvergent
Posted Mon Dec 19, 2005 at 01:41:48 PM PDT
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While browsing the web I found this.
Gifts for the significant mathematician in your life can be found here.
And this features arithmetic series in connection with the carol The Twelve Days of Christmas.
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"Proof" the movie - coming soon! (with free tickets if you're near DC)
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By dkung
Posted Mon Aug 22, 2005 at 04:08:01 PM PDT
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Mathematicians everywhere were thrilled when the Broadway play "Proof" came out. Finally a positive portrayal of a mathematician - a welcome relief from the insane (A Beautiful Mind) and the murderous (the Unabomber). Now it's coming out on the big screen with Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins. And if you're near DC, there are free tickets available for an advance screening on August 26th...
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Sudoku, the New Rage
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By Vanes63
Posted Thu Aug 18, 2005 at 03:07:32 PM PDT
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Euler gives us yet another thing to scratch our heads about. According to a Wilkipedia article on Sudoku it all starts with Euler. This articles leads one to an online article from The Observer that states, "The Sudoku story began in 1783 when Leonhard Euler, a Swiss mathematician, devised 'Latin Squares', which he described as 'a new kind of magic squares'. Euler had come up with a grid in which every number or symbol appears once in each row or column. More than two centuries later, the difference for Sudoku players is that the grid is subdivided into blocks of nine."
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Happy Casual Pi Day!
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By Vanes63
Posted Fri Jul 22, 2005 at 04:51:57 PM PDT
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Little known fact, but the Pi of the Month Club has declared today, 7/22 otherwise written as 22/7, Casual Pi Day.
So, I don't know what you'll do today, but enjoy some pie while thinking about pi (don't watch the movie pi, because it's really about phi).
Happy Casual Pi Day to you!
- Vanes.
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Declining by Degrees
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By brianbirgen
Posted Tue Jun 28, 2005 at 01:38:17 PM PDT
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PBS recently aired a special called "Declining by Degrees" about the state of higher learning in the U.S. It is billed as a revealing documentary into the world behind the "ivy-covered walls".
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AMS Opposes Academic Boycotts
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By Vanes63
Posted Sat May 14, 2005 at 04:11:18 AM PDT
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Just thought I'd relay the message:
"At a recent meeting of the British Association of University Teachers, delegates approved a resolution to boycott two universities in Israel. The AMS is opposed to academic boycotts, and at its January 2003 meeting, the Council endorsed a statement of opposition from the National Academy of Sciences. A more recent statement from the American Association of University Professors reflects this opposition as well. [Item posted May 12, 2005]" can be found here
Statement of Opposition from AMS here
Statement of Opposition from the American Association of University Professors here
What do you think about this?
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