Archive for March, 2008

Classes Start Tomorrow

March 31, 2008 in Links

\bullet“On the Importance of Mathematics”: video and text of a lecture by T. Gowers, at MATH-BLOG.
\bullet“The challenges facing mathematical education” at (the old) MUtM.

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I Do Appreciate Your Being Round

March 28, 2008 in Uncategorized

\bulletSubtracting mixed numbers: A cry for help (at LPM!).
\bullet“2 step equations”, at Math Stories.

State Of The Blogroll

March 27, 2008 in Meta

As of right now, there are 143 entries in my blogroll (and another 84 in the “inactive” category). I’ve been doing some maintenance and wanted to know. It’s getting sort of hard to keep up, I don’t mind telling you.

Never Enough

March 27, 2008 in Links

\bulletYet another favorite math books thread, at the Unapologetic.
\bulletWhich led me to these reviews, by Kenn Knowles.
\bulletThis (PDF) editorial (“DARPA and Hilbert”) in the April Notices cites the n-Category Café! (Badly; they mean this page but cite only the site.)
\bulletI somehow missed last month’s FToC flamewar at the Unapologetic. But I’ll read it all real soon, you bet.

Because I Said So

March 26, 2008 in Links, National Math. Advisory Panel

\bulletA discussion of style in proofs at Ars Mathematica.
\bulletHey, check it out: Math Panel Watch is back from the dead.

Live From DOE

March 26, 2008 in National Math. Advisory Panel

The National Math Panel will webcast a discussion tomorrow morning. Of course I’ll miss it.

Exactly-oto

March 25, 2008 in Carnival, Links

\bulletCarnival of Mathematics 29, at Quomodocumque.
\bullet Nick Barrowman profiles C. S. Pierce at Log base 2.
\bulletA talk on creativity reviewed at (new to me) Phil Wilson’s.
\bulletFree math e-books, also by PW.
\bulletMuch ado about L-functions at the American Institute of Mathematics.

Series, Curves, and Vectors

March 21, 2008 in Job

I’ve begun a series of lecture notes for my upcoming Calculus III class.

Grades Posted; Have A Good Break

March 21, 2008 in Links

\bulletComments by Beans on a lecture by Borovik.
\bulletBarry Garelick on the National Panel.
\bulletIsabel on calculating Easter Sunday.

Sacred Chao

March 20, 2008 in Links

\bulletAlgebra and the Math Panel questioned at mathfest.
\bulletAlgebra wins in a popularity poll at SquareCircleZ.
\bulletAlgebra on the Nintendo, at Walking Randomly.
\bulletAlgebra and a cup of coffee—newly discovered by me!

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