Trying to share the joy of mathematics, its history & interesting problems. You can see my math/physics stamp collection: https://nitter.gq/t.co/AgFuLXkScX
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Happy Birthday to N. N. Luzin, born December 9, 1883. Here’s a great stamp honoring him … instagram.com/p/DFWRJKIO8TN/…
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Today is August 24. Happy Birthday to Karen Uhlenbeck, born #OTD in 1942. She won the 2019 Abel Prize in mathematics for "her pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equations, gauge theory, and integrable systems, and for the fundamental impact of her work."
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Fascinating read … “Polymathematics: is mathematics a single science or a set of arts?” by V.I. Arnold.
math.ucr.edu/home/baez/Polym…
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“Russian Mathematicians in the 20th Century”
I: Mathematicians behind the Iron Curtain
II: The Great Crisis in Math, Theoretical Physics & Education
III. Mathematicians & History
V. Activity against the Mathematical Pseudohistory, & Pseudostatistics.
homepage.mi-ras.ru/~snovikov…
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Michael Faraday created one of the first electric motors on Christmas Day 1821, and excitedly called out to his wife to take a look.
She worried, however, that the Christmas goose would burn if she went to the lab to see it.
"Oh, damn the goose, come down," he replied.
Upon hearing such a swear word she burst into tears.
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“Theory Over Practice in Soviet Mathematics Textbooks of the 1950s” by Mariya Boyko, University of Toronto.
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Happy Birthday to Mikhael Gromov!
BOTD - December 23, 1943
From MacTutor - “Gromov is a French-Russian mathematician best-known for his geometry. He won the Abel prize in 2009.”
Complete Biography - mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.u…
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Great read … On Moscow Mathematics — Then and Now by V. M. TIKHOMIROV … “I want to describe briefly the landmarks of the development of the Moscow mathematical school against the background of the historical events of the 20th century in Russia.”
ams.org/bookstore/pspdf/hmat…
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Terence Tao: "The objective in mathematics is not to obtain the highest ranking, the highest score, or the highest number of prizes and awards; instead, it is to increase understanding of mathematics (both for yourself, and for your colleagues and students), and to contribute to its development and applications."
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I still remember the surprise when I was a physics student many years ago walking along Merrion Square, Dublin, and seeing a blue plaque on a building where he had lived.
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Informal Social Institutions in Soviet Mathematics - Vyacheslav Gerovitch
youtu.be/CQOpg1SrGv8?si=Ngzl…
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"The Eagle has landed."
On July 20, 1969 — 55 years ago today — #Apollo11 touched down on the Moon.
ALT Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during an Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the lunar surface. The Lunar Module is on the left, and the footprints of the astronauts are clearly visible in the soil of the moon. Credit: NASA/Neil Armstrong
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A fascinating comparison of Soviet Era and U.S. math education during the Cold War from University of Chicago mathematician Izaak Wirszup …
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congratulations to Noga Alon and Adi Shamir for winning the Wolf Prize
My post give links to seven earlier posts on Noga's work and two earlier posts related to Adi's work.
gilkalai.wordpress.com/2024/…
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A fascinating look into the USSR and their view on math/science education … Lex Fridman on math and science in the Soviet Union youtu.be/20nvm8PMYP8?si=yuuc… via @YouTube
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Love this quote from Vladimir Arnold …
Arnold was “a Ukrainian-born mathematician who won a Wolf prize for his work on dynamical systems, differential equations and singularity theory.”
MacTutor - mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.u…
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Today in math history: On May 24, 1973, French mathematicians Jean Guilloud and Martine Bouyer computed #pi to one million decimal places on a computer system the size of a small apartment. To date, no one has surpassed this number with greater accuracy. 👀bit.ly/3R3nq7Z
ALT The CDC 7600 is an absolute Buick of a computational system.
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Happy Birthday to Pafnuty Chebyshev! Born on May 16, 1821.
MacTutor - “Chebyshev is largely remembered for his investigations in number theory. He was also interested in mechanics & is famous for the orthogonal polynomials he invented.”
Biography - mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.u…
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Very interesting read … “We Teach Them to Be Free - Specialized Math Schools and the Cultivation of the Soviet Technical Intelligentsia” by” Slava Gerovitch.
web.mit.edu/slava/homepage/a…
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12 May 1977: math genius Maryam Mirzakhani was born.
The first woman ever to be awarded the prestigious Fields Medal (2014), she was one of the greatest mathematicians of her generation and won the award
for her outstanding contributions to the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their module spaces.
In fact, Maryam Mirzakhani dealt with very difficult problems in the field of algebraic geometry and dynamic systems, obtaining results of great depth and elegance.
Her life was an example of breaking down stereotypes and clichés and inspired, and continues to inspire, many young women who dedicate themselves to mathematics, and beyond.
So, she is a role model whose example is helping redefine women's status in science and especially in maths.
In the few interviews she gave, M. Mirzakhani spoke eloquently of the beauty of mathematics and her joy in doing it.
I don't think that everyone should become a mathematician, but I do believe that many students don't give mathematics a real chance.
The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more patient followers.
— Maryam Mirzakhani, 2008 (bit.ly/2Z4D47L)
Maryam Mirzakhani's legacy is absolutely important from both professional and human points of view. Her monumental work, I repeat it, draws deep connections between topology, geometry and dynamical systems. Her tenacity is a source of inspiration for the new generations of women.
She lived from 1977 to 2017, succumbing sadly to breast cancer at 40.
A biography➡️mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.u…
#Mirzakhani #womeninmaths #womeninscience #maths
