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- Mathematicians Attempt to Glimpse Past the Big Bang https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-attempt-to-glimpse-past-the-big-bang-20240531/ 5 comments
- From working at Subway to one of the greatest mathematicians (2015) https://www.quantamagazine.org/yitang-zhang-and-the-mystery-of-numbers-20150402 5 comments
- Ukrainian mathematician becomes second woman to win prestigious Fields Medal https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00470-3 6 comments
- Mathematicians Outwit Hidden Number Conspiracy https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-outwit-hidden-number-conspiracy-20220103/ 23 comments
- Oliver Heaviside (1850-1925) – Physical Mathematician (1983) https://sci-hub.se/10.1093/teamat/2.2.55 44 comments
- Mathematicians Disprove Conjecture Made to Save Black Holes https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-disprove-conjecture-made-to-save-black-holes-20180517/ 59 comments
- Bill Thurston answers: What's a mathematician to do? https://mathoverflow.net/questions/43690/whats-a-mathematician-to-do/44213#44213 25 comments
- Mathematicians find way to put 7 cylinders in contact without using their ends https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tale-touching-tubes 84 comments
- What is it like to be a mathematician? http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/new_scientist/2013/10/edward_frenkel_on_love_and_math_what_is_it_like_to_be_a_mathematician.html 50 comments
- Non-mathematician with a question about sampling an unusual distribution https://www.desmos.com/calculator/zbsb3nvaaf 10 comments math
- FIDE Mathematician Proposes Changes To Improve Rating Accuracy https://www.chess.com/news/view/fide-mathematician-proposes-changes-to-improve-rating-accuracy 15 comments chess
- In the past decade, certain innovations have caused rating deflation, a concern that has been raised by many. FIDE Qualification Commission and mathematician Jeff Sonas propose corrective measures. https://twitter.com/FIDE_chess/status/1682412432558366722 6 comments chess
- A Numerical Mystery From the 19th Century Finally Gets Solved | Quanta Magazine | Two mathematicians have proven Patterson’s conjecture, which was designed to explain a strange pattern in sums involving prime numbers. https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-numerical-mystery-from-the-19th-century-finally-gets-solved-20220815/ 17 comments math
- A Hippocratic Oath for mathematicians? Mapping the landscape of ethics in mathematics [abstract + link to PDF, 20pp] https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.07025 18 comments math
- "While most people imagine mathematicians doing arithmetic all day, with really big numbers, the truth is that the discipline requires a remarkable amount of creativity and visual thinking. It is equal parts art and science." https://www.pairagraph.com/dialogue/8f404b0c00074b4b99619c8c70885e07?04 118 comments math
- RUDN University mathematician has developed a method for finding low-cost quasi-optimal trajectories of flight from Earth orbit to the moon for spacecraft with an electric propulsion engine. The trajectories calculated using this method reduce the fuel costs by 56% https://phys.org/news/2020-02-method-optimal-trajectories-flight-moon.html 5 comments space
- Something slightly different - the video that convinced me to pursue math education as a career. Classroom footage of third graders debating as mathematicians about even vs. odd numbers. https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/65013 49 comments math
- Was there examples of ill posed physical models that has been used for a while by physicians or engineers before mathematician proved they have no solutions or unphysical solutions ? https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/acgmbj/was_there_examples_of_ill_posed_physical_models/ 17 comments math
- Mathematicians who began late in life https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/acc8e3/mathematicians_who_began_late_in_life/ 182 comments math
- A Mathematician's Lament by Paul Lockhart https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/lockhartslament.pdf 26 comments math
- Mathematicians crack 44-year-old problem: Proof of László Fejes Tóth's zone conjecture https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/miop-mc4121217.php#.wjac5hosve4.reddit 9 comments math
- Are there any disadvantages at becoming a mathematician at older age? https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/76efap/are_there_any_disadvantages_at_becoming_a/ 15 comments math
- Mathematicians of Reddit, What are your favorite mathematical problem-solving heuristic(s)? https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/76ai1i/mathematicians_of_reddit_what_are_your_favorite/ 37 comments math
- Mathematicians Measure Infinities and Find They’re Equal https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-measure-infinities-find-theyre-equal-20170912/ 11 comments nottheonion
- Mathematicians, how important was math to you in gradeschool? https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/6wwkk9/mathematicians_how_important_was_math_to_you_in/ 16 comments math
- WSU mathematician breaks down how to defend against quantum computing attacks https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-02/wsu-wmb022817.php#.wlxqfzthqza.reddit 3 comments math
- Meet the ‘Hidden Figures’ mathematician who helped send Americans into space http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-hidden-figures-katherine-johnson-20170109-story.html 5 comments space
- Back of A Mathematician's Apology. Who's handwriting is it? https://i.reddituploads.com/11bc76425ae74218a6f95f5b26666926?fit=max&h=1536&w=1536&s=ec2b014f6891dd218c7c75b6e98eb066 8 comments math
- Anything any mathematician has written that is similar to Paul Lockhart's Mathematician's Lament? https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/5b7hqu/anything_any_mathematician_has_written_that_is/ 5 comments math
- /u/rantonels posts a page of thesis handwaving to scare off mathematicians from /r/physics https://www.reddit.com/r/physics/comments/58goh7/just_sharing_this_page_from_my_thesis_to_scare/ 84 comments math
- "BREACH OF TRUST: After the Snowden revelations, U.S. mathematicians are questioning their long-standing ties with the secretive National Security Agency" -- Science [PDF] http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6221/495.full.pdf 34 comments math
- Lee Lorch, mathematician and civil rights activist, dead at 98 http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/lee_lorch.html 5 comments math
- SMBC: How to torture a mathematician http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2675#comic 383 comments math
- Mathematicians of reddit: Question about prime numbers http://www.mathsisgoodforyou.com/conjecturestheorems/euclidsprimes.htm 20 comments math
- Mathematicians rival octopus in World Cup final prediction http://plus.maths.org/latestnews/may-aug10/football/index.html 45 comments math
- Russian mathematician rejects $1 million prize http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38039068/ns/technology_and_science-science/?gt1=43001 5 comments reddit.com
- Are birds smarter than mathematicians? Pigeons perform optimally on a version of the Monty Hall Dilemma. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20175592 8 comments math
- An awesome collection of pictures of bank notes that scientists and mathematicians have appeared on. http://www.princeton.edu/~jbourjai/money1.htm 6 comments science
- Portraits of Mathematicians http://seedmagazine.com/slideshow/mathematicians/ 3 comments math
- Teen Magazine Style Math Book by Wonder Years star Helps Girls Embrace Their Inner Mathematician http://www.wired.com/culture/education/news/2007/08/winniecooper_qa 2 comments reddit.com