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…
Make your own bauble with icosahedral symmetry with Shapeways
Internet 3D printing emporium Shapeways has released a nifty little tool to create your own unique Christmas bauble, which they’ll print out and send to you in time for the festive season. It works by mapping a triangular design onto a blown-out icosahedron, and applying some “kaleidoscope effects”. As far as I can tell, that…
Cheng vs Colbert
Eugenia Cheng was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert recently. Here it is:
Being a Professional Mathematician — now available as a podcast
When I worked for the MSOR Network under the National HE STEM Programme, we funded a project called Being a Professional Mathematician which was run by Tony Mann (University of Greenwich) and Chris Good (University of Birmingham). This included the production of a set of audio interviews with mathematicians about their work and historians about…