Important math news

[yabadabapal]

This is really interesting and I thought you might like to read

about this. Take a read on this and then watch the brief video.

Its about Poincares' Conjecture that any three-dimensional space without holes in it is equivalent to a stretched sphere. The story

is great.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1259863/Worlds-cleverest-man-turns-1million-prize-solving-mathematics-greatest-puzzles.html

[Joel]

Math is hard.

[Ken H.]

"A Russian awarded US$1million for solving one of the most intractable problems in mathematics said yesterday that he does not want the money."

 

So he's either really smart or really dumb!

[Bob Palin]

"A Russian awarded US$1million for solving one of the most intractable problems in mathematics said yesterday that he does not want the money."

 

So he's either really smart or really dumb!

He actually said he had everything he needed which seems like quite a sane thing to say. Of course his mental state might be a bit suspect if reports of the squalor he lives in are true.

[Francois_Dumas]

I hate math because I s..k at it :-) Pass.

[Joel]

I'm thinking he could accept the prize, hire an exterminator, buy a new mattress, pay his taxes, donate the rest to his university or another worthy cause, and then politely decline to participate in whatever media circus might follow. He's already getting attention for having won, and probably more for refusing the prize. Doesn't add up.

[VinnyR11]

"A Russian awarded US$1million for solving one of the most intractable problems in mathematics said yesterday that he does not want the money."

 

So he's either really smart or really dumb!

 

I think it took many mathematicians well over two years to confirm that his surprisingly concise proof was valid, which is why they are offering him the money years after his proof. I'm guessing he's really smart.

[MotorinLA]

This is the reason my math career ended at Linear Algebra. Once you start talking about equations to solve for n-th dimensions my brain goes into involuntary shutdown mode...

[Ken H.]

"A Russian awarded US$1million for solving one of the most intractable problems in mathematics said yesterday that he does not want the money."

 

So he's either really smart or really dumb!

He actually said he had everything he needed which seems like quite a sane thing to say. Of course his mental state might be a bit suspect if reports of the squalor he lives in are true.

Well actually that’s a good point. Setting aside for a second potential mental issues related the reported filth he lives in and its implications for his own health (and others around him), an attitude of “I have everything I need” is indeed a very rational one. One we all could probably use a healthy dose of.

[Quinn]

Math is hard.

 

Not too many people can quote Barbie.

 

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[yabadabapal]

Actually, he might be the guy to put in charge of the universal health care bill. I wonder what he would say about that.

Here's my own math formula for life.

"If you cant get back to where you started from, you've never really been where you thought you were."

[SeanC]

Actually, he might be the guy to put in charge of the universal health care bill. I wonder what he would say about that.

Here's my own math formula for life.

"If you cant get back to where you started from, you've never really been where you thought you were."

 

The half-life decay formula? (i.e., where a quantity decreases at a rate proportional to its value)

 

dN

---- = -lN

dt

 

(where N is the quantity and l is the decay constant)

[Albert]

. . . an attitude of “I have everything I need” is indeed a very rational one. One we all could probably use a healthy dose of.

 

Yes - I'll have mine with a large dose of Benjamins too please.

[Bob Palin]

"If you cant get back to where you started from, you've never really been where you thought you were."

Tell that to the eggs in a scramble.

[Joel]

Math is hard.

 

Not too many people can quote Barbie.

 

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Approximately the same number would get the joke.

[yabadabapal]

"If you cant get back to where you started from, you've never really been where you thought you were."

Tell that to the eggs in a scramble.

 

 

I wished I could have warned em

but there wasn't enough time

the toast was in the toaster

These scrambled eggs are mine

 

a little cream and butter

the skillet nice and hot

Oh scrambled eggs oh scrambled eggs

the world is what its not.

 

[Mike]

Math is hard.

 

Not too many people can quote Barbie.

 

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Approximately the same number would get the joke.

I regret to report that I got it.

[1MPH]

Play it again Sam.....Bogart never said that

 

Math is hard.....Barbie never said that

[SeanC]

Play it again Sam.....Bogart never said that

 

Math is hard.....Barbie never said that

 

Play it, Sam. Math class is tough.

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

Play it again Sam.....Bogart never said that

 

Math is hard.....Barbie never said that

 

picky, picky:

 

In July 1992 Mattel released Teen Talk Barbie, which spoke a number of phrases including "Will we ever have enough clothes?", "I love shopping!", and "Wanna have a pizza party?" Each doll was programmed to say four out of 270 possible phrases, so that no two dolls were likely to be the same. One of these 270 phrases was "Math class is tough!" (often misquoted as "Math is hard"). Although only about 1.5% of all the dolls sold said the phrase, it led to criticism from the American Association of University Women. In October 1992 Mattel announced that Teen Talk Barbie would no longer say the phrase, and offered a swap to anyone who owned a doll that did.