GINA SMITH has been collecting some of the more memorable quotes and quips from math and computer science laureates at this week’s Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF 2018) in Heidelberg. Here’s a running list … Read more
For the Wednesday afternoon of HLF, the entire conference gets on a (very large) boat and heads off for a gentle cruise down the river, drink in hand and ready to enjoy the scenery. The … Weiterlesen
Alongside the HLF this year, an exhibit celebrates female mathematicians from around Europe (written about by Gina in a post earlier this week) and includes photographs, interview quotes and beautiful mathematical equations, which come together … Weiterlesen
Einer der spannenden Aspekte von Mathematik ist, dass es selbst bei Fragen, die sich sehr einfach formulieren lassen, ausnehmend schwer sein kann, die korrekte Antwort zu finden. Fragen Sie einfach Mira Shalah, eine der Nachwuchsforscherinnen … Weiterlesen
One of the most fun things about mathematics is that sometimes you can formulate very simple questions that turn out surprisingly hard to answer. Just ask Mira Shalah, one of this year’s Young Researchers at … Weiterlesen
Maybe not. But Nobel physicist Phillips for sure stole the show with an explosively fun presentation at HLF 2018 today. Here’s what happened. Read more
The HLF included a talk today from 2018 Fields medalist Caucher Birkar. His subject area, algebraic geometry, is one of the largest fields of research within pure mathematics (over a quarter of the 60 Fields … Read more
HLF 2018 — “Don’t you know? Mathematics isn’t feminine.” It’s the kind of backward, old-fashioned comment one can imagine a little girl getting in the midst of a 1950s elementary school math competition. But Nilanjana … Read more
Der mit Spannung erwartete Vortrag von Sir Michael Atiyah über einen (möglichen) Beweis für die berühmte Riemannsche Vermutung gestern morgen war durchaus lebhaft. Die Details hatte ich Folie für Folie live getwittert; sie sind durch … Read more
The eagerly awaited talk yesterday morning by Sir Michael Atiyah about what he says is a proof of the famous Riemann Hypothesis was very enjoyable. Feel free to read up on it in my blow-by-blow sequence … Read more