At the Maths Jam conference, I was delighted to chair the first ever (and possibly only) edition of Spoof My Proof, a panel show devised by Colin Beveridge and Dave Gale as a special edition of their podcast Wrong, But Useful – the show that iTunes reviewer @twentythree calls an “unassuming, gentle and informative chat…
László Babai reckons he can decide if two graphs are isomorphic in quasipolynomial time
Just @gabegaster ‘s tweets, no frills.
Carnival of Mathematics 128
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of October, and compiled by Mike, is now online at Walking Randomly. The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the internet, including some from our own Aperiodical. See our Carnival of Mathematics page for more information.
Riemann Hypothesis not proved, part 2
Who could have guessed that this non-story about somebody being out of his depth and quite obviously wrong would get so out of hand? Here’s an update on The Continuing Tale Of The Man Whose Claims Couldn’t Be Verified.
Puzzlebomb – November 2015
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 47 of Puzzlebomb, for November 2015, can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 47 – November 2015 The solutions to Issue 47 can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 47 – November 2015 – Solutions Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found at Puzzlebomb.co.uk.
AMS online opportunities
The American Mathematical Society have created a system of online listings for people offering awards, fellowships, professional opportunities and other maths-related callouts. There’s a website at ams.org/opportunities, where you can search, browse, share, and post calls for fellowship and grant applications, prize and award nominations, and meeting and workshop proposals in the mathematical sciences. Current listings include calls…
Riemann Hypothesis not proved
Here’s a tweet from Alex Bellos this morning: BBC claims Nigerian solves Riemann Hypothesis, most famous problem in maths. Surely a hoax! https://t.co/Wkltfkh2P3 https://t.co/UHGy9W8shC — Alex Bellos (@alexbellos) November 17, 2015 He’s right to be surprised – as reported in Vanguard, a Nigerian newspaper: The 156-year old Riemann Hypothesis, one of the most important problems in Mathematics, has…