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Stochastic optimization
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By siddha909
from the Math/Stat department
Posted Thu Nov 29, 2007 at 04:54:18 AM PDT
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Want to find out school that are actively doing research in Stochastic Optimization
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YMN/Project NExT Poster Session
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By kevin charlwood
from the Research department
Posted Tue Sep 18, 2007 at 01:17:34 PM PDT
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If you will be in San Diego for the JMM in January 2008, please read the notice for the Young Mathematicians' Network/Project NExT Poster Session to be held there.
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Mathematicians solve E8 structure
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By Adonis
Posted Mon Mar 19, 2007 at 07:12:50 PM PDT
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A Calculation the Size of Manhattan
Mathematicians solve E8 structure which will lead to potential new
discoveries in mathematics, physics and other fields
For Immediate Release
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 19, 2007
The American Institute of Mathematics (AIM), one of the leading
math institutes in the U.S., announced today that after four years
of intensive collaboration, 18 top mathematicians and computer
scientists from the U.S. and Europe have successfully mapped E8,
one of the largest and most complicated structures in mathematics.
Partners on this project included MIT, Cornell University, University
of Michigan, University of Utah and University of Maryland
http://www.aimath.org/E8/E8release.txt
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Keeping Your Research Alive - Panel Summary
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By brianbirgen
Posted Fri Jan 26, 2007 at 09:11:37 AM PDT
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At the Joint Meetings, a panel consisting of Michael Dorff from Brigham Young University, Asamoah Nkwanta from Morgan State University and Jean Bee Chan from Sonoma State University spoke about keeping active in research.
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Story Problem
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By coryking
Posted Tue Sep 26, 2006 at 11:22:50 AM PDT
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A 302 metric ton train leaves station A at 3:12am pacific standard time. It must arrive at station B, 103 kilometers away, at exactly 4:32am, PST.
The train has been modified so that it can only accelerate or de-accelerate. The train cannot travel at a constant velocity.
The engineer would like the train to have a constant acceleration for the first half, and a constant negative acceleration for the last half.
Ignoring friction or wind resistance, what should he use for a rate of acceleration? How much energy will the train consume over the entire trip? If, instead, the train could travel at a constant speed, would the engineer use less fuel if he were to travel the majority of the trip at a constant velocity? If we account for wind or friction, which train would be more efficient?
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Researchers find new prime number
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By Anonymous Hero
Posted Wed Jan 04, 2006 at 01:46:35 PM PDT
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Here's the story plus link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060104/ap_on_sc/largest_prime_number
By GARANCE BURKE, Associated Press Writer
Tue Jan 3, 10:09 PM ET
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Researchers at a Missouri university have identified the largest known prime number, officials said Tuesday.
The team at Central Missouri State University, led by associate dean Steven Boone and mathematics professor Curtis Cooper, found it in mid-December after programming 700 computers years ago.
A prime number is a positive number divisible by only itself and 1 -- 2, 3, 5, 7 and so on.
The number that the team found is 9.1 million digits long. It is a Mersenne prime known as M30402457 -- that's 2 to the 30,402,457th power minus 1.
Mersenne primes are a special category expressed as 2 to the "p" power minus 1, in which "p" also is a prime number.
"We're super excited," said Boone, a chemistry professor. "We've been looking for such a number for a long time."
The discovery is affiliated with the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, a global contest using volunteers who run software that searches for the largest Mersenne prime.
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Folding Paper in Half 12 Times
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By Anonymous Hero
Posted Fri Nov 18, 2005 at 02:01:40 PM PDT
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I just came across the following somewhat interesting link and thought I'd share.
Mathworld also has some info and mentions how in December of 2001 Britney Gallivan, a High School student, derived a formula for the limit of paper folding and then proceeded to set a new world record by folding first gold foil and then paper in half a whopping 12 times in January of 2002, thus debunking the assertions of that paper cannot be folded in half more than eight times.
Enjoy!
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