Posted by Jason Polak on 08. Middot; Write a comment. Suppose the police suspect you and your friend of robbing one billion dollars in bitcoin. The police can only charge you and your friend with the small crime of possession of a sawed-off shotgun, however, and want both of you to confess to the robbery. Middot; Write a comment.

Two infinities that are surprisingly equal. A couple of days ago, John Baez was sufficiently irritated by a Quanta article on this development. That he wrote a post on Google Plus in which he did a much better job of explaining what was going on.

Math, Madison, food, the Orioles, books, my kids. How Not To Be Wrong. The adventures of Terry Tao in the 21st century. Great New York Times profile of Terry Tao. By Gareth Cook, an old friend of mine from. I thought it would be good to say something about the context in which I told Gareth this. I was explaining how happy I was he was profiling Terry, because Terry is at the same time extraordinary and.

This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging! Follow me on Twitter. The study of mathematics is like air or water to our technological society. Applied mathematics, software and workflow. Thoughts on education by Grant Wiggins.

My brain is open! I post about things I like, maybe you like them too? August 18, 2014. On the flint-devel mailing list if you are interested the current performance of the code. Now contains only code that appears to be working well. These timings look good for.

Compilation of helpful books, links, resources, etc.