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Royal Society of Chemistry sounds alarm over mathematics preparation
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By overconvergent
from the geometrical intuition department
Posted Sun Apr 29, 2007 at 03:02:54 PM PDT
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The Royal Society of Chemistry warned this week that students in Britain were increasingly badly prepared for university courses, because mathematics is not compulsory in schools after the age of 16.
They ran a competition, comparing a Chinese entrance examination (in Chemistry) with a British equivalent.
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The 2006/7 Wolf Prize
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By Adonis
Posted Tue Jan 23, 2007 at 03:02:34 PM PDT
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THE 2006/7 WOLF FOUNDATION PRIZE IN MATHEMATICS
The Prize Committee for Mathematics has unanimously decided that the 2006/7 Wolf Prize will be jointly awarded to:
Stephen J. Smale of
the University of California at Berkeley
for his "groundbreaking contributions that have played a fundamental role in shaping differential topology, dynamical systems, mathematical economics, and other subjects in mathematics"
and
Harry Furstenberg of
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
for his "profound contributions to ergodic theory, probability, topological dynamics, analysis on symmetric spaces and homogenous flows".
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YMN Events at the Joint Meetings
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By dkung
from the coming events department
Posted Tue Dec 19, 2006 at 11:56:46 AM PDT
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We hope to see everyone at the Joint Meetings in New Orleans. I'll be there doing my best to pump some much needed tourist cash into the devastated economy.
As for YMN, we have lots of events planned. More on the flip side...
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Editorial board resigns en masse
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By pdehaye
Posted Mon Oct 30, 2006 at 02:24:42 AM PDT
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After months of unsuccessful negotiations with publisher Elsevier about the price policy of library subscriptions, the entire editorial board of the journal Topology handed in their resignation, with effect from 31 December, 2006.
See their resignation letter and an article in the New York Sun.
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Paul Halmos, 1916-2006
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By Emil Volcheck
Posted Sun Oct 15, 2006 at 01:38:18 PM PDT
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Paul Halmos passed away October 2 in Los Gatos, California. He was the
author of more than a dozen books, many of them familiar to
mathematicians around the world, and was acknowledged for his
expository skill, both in writing and speaking. He received many
awards during his lifetime, including the AMS Steele Prize (1983, for
his many graduate texts) and the MAA Gung and Hu Award (2000, for
distinguished service to mathematics). For many years, he was active
in the governance of the AMS, serving in many positions including as
vice-president (1981-82).
(From the AMS News)
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Ig Nobel Prizes awarded
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By overconvergent
from the photography department
Posted Fri Oct 06, 2006 at 11:46:07 AM PDT
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The Ig Nobel prizes have been awarded for 2006. Unlike the real Nobel Prizes, there is a category for Mathematics, and it has been awarded this year ...
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