Advice to a Young Mathematician I thought it would be a good idea to relay some of the advice given by Sir Michael Francis Atiyah during his talk on Tuesday. Always ask yourself questions. Atiyah says that one of the secrets … 26. Sep 2013 | By Adrian Dudek | 4 comments
The future role of computers in mathematics At the end of the forum yesterday afternoon, the mathematics laureates took questions from the audience. One of the questions was about the role of computers in checking and generating proofs. The response of the … 25. Sep 2013 | By Julie Rehmeyer | 0 comments
The 80-20 Rule of Understanding Bushra Anjum, HLF13 participant: I have to give it to the organizers of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum, they organized the plenary lectures exceptionally well! Interleaving one CS and one Math based lecture is an excellent … 25. Sep 2013 | By Guest blogger | 0 comments
Die Schnittmenge der Fields- und der Nobelberatung Ich habe dieses Jahr in zwei Vorträgen gesessen, in denen es um guten Rat für angehende Wissenschaftler ging: Eben gerade beim HLF bei Sir Michael Atiyah, unter dem Titel “Advice to a Young Mathematician”, und … 25. Sep 2013 | By Markus Pössel | 0 comments
Fields Medal genealogy Cédric Villani, one of the Fields Medal winners attending the Heidelberg Laureate Forum, studied with Pierre-Louis Lions, who was also a Fields Medal winner. Is it common for medalists to have students who go on … 25. Sep 2013 | By John D. Cook | 2 comments
Isadore Singer I’m at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum at the moment, where they’ve brought 39 winners of the biggest prizes in math and computer science together with young researchers, modeled on the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. The … 23. Sep 2013 | By Julie Rehmeyer | 1 comment
Why So Few Mathematicians? I wasn’t going to write about this. I was going to keep it to myself. But then Klaus Tschira, the chairperson of the HLF Foundation, mentioned it in his welcoming speech, and he didn’t mince … 23. Sep 2013 | By Dana Mackenzie | 0 comments