Updated: 2013-12-20 21:29:06
I used to love arXiv. I’ve long thought that it was one of the best things that happened to mathematics. arXiv makes mathematical research available for free and without delay. Moreover, it is highly respected among mathematicians. For example, Grigori Perelman never submitted his proof of the Poincaré conjecture [...]
Updated: 2013-12-14 15:21:53
I gave the following puzzle from Raymond Smullyan’s book What is the Name of this Book? to my AMSA students.
What happens if an irresistible cannonball hits an immovable post?
This puzzle is known as the Irresistible Force Paradox. The standard answer is that the given conditions are contradictory and the two objects cannot exist [...]
Updated: 2013-12-05 14:46:54
: , Behrend Math Blog Math Seminar : Tuesday , December 10 By MICHAEL RUTTER on December 5, 2013 9:46 AM No Comments No TrackBacks School of Science : Math Seminar Dr . Daniel J . Galiffa , Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Matt P . Lachesky Penn State Erie , The Behrend College Tuesday December 10, 2013 3:30 . p.m NICK 167 An Invitation to the Jacobi Polynomials In this talk , we intend to stimulate interest in Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions by rigorously developing several elegant relations involving variations of the Jacobi Polynomials for example , the Chebyshev and Legendre polynomials are such variations and are exceedingly important in Numerical Analysis , and other fields as well Each of the problems we will discuss are important unto themselves , and to complete
