The Museum of Mathematics in New York (MoMath) have announced their “first-ever conference on recreational mathematics”, MOVES (Mathematics Of Various Entertaining Subjects), from 4th-6th August. They’re offering an exclusive night-time opening followed by a weekend of sessions: Join the National Museum of Mathematics for its first-ever conference on recreational mathematics. Explore America’s only museum of…
Turing: THE MUSICAL!
I can’t believe I’m writing another “Mathematical topic: THE MUSICAL!” post so soon after the last one. This time, the New Diorama Theatre is putting on The Universal Machine: a new musical about the life and death of Alan Turing. Here’s the blurb:
Porl Air-dursh: a public service announcement
Since we’re all talking and writing about Paul Erdős today, I just thought I’d make a little post clearing up how to write, and how to say, his name.
f(Erdős) = 100
Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Paul Erdős, or as most people would call it, Erdős’ 100th birthday. So, Happy Birthday Paul.
Gowers needs you for an experiment concerning mathematical writing
Do you know about metric spaces? Would you like to be the subject of an experiment? Then Timothy Gowers needs you! Gowers put a post on his weblog this morning containing five propositions to do with metric spaces, along with three write-ups of proofs of each proposition. He’s looking for feedback on how easy or…
Mary Ellen Rudin (1924-2013)
Mary Ellen Rudin, one of the pioneers of set-theoretical topology, passed away this week. She was 88.
The Royal Statistical Society 2013 honours
The Royal Statistical Society have announced their honours for 2013. RSSeNews has the list of recipients. The awards will be presented this September here at CP HQ, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Sir John Kingman, the former chairman of the Statistics Commission, was awarded the Guy Medal in Gold. The Guy Medal in Silver went to Brian Ripley for,…