A Forest Department official has ridden into the Limca Book of Records by finding the most number of solutions to a mathematical problem called 'Magic Tour of Knights.'Awani Kumar, a conservator of forests here, devised 1,300 solutions to the problem that is based on how knights move on a chessboard. Instead of the conventional chessboards that have eight rows of squares horizontally and verticall
Mark Klein is a direct marketing expert, whose background in science and passion for mathematics equates into a desire to help marketers improve their campaigns.
'Sooooo...' said the English Courtesan to the assembled hordes of gorgeously gramineous geographers and magnificently macrocephalic mathematicians...'If the misty moisty mountains are on the right, if the smiley English Courtesan is on the left, if the puzzled readers, the smiley English Courtesan and the misty moisty mountains form a scalene triangle...'...and if the English Courtesan's smile-in
Mathematical Functions in .NET / Logarithmic Function in .NET / Trigonometric Functions in .NETThe common logarithmic, trigonometric functions are available in the .NET framework as part of System.Math class. Here is a list of functions that are availableNameDescriptionAbs Overloaded. Returns the absolute value of a specified number.Acos Returns the angle whose cosine is the specified number.Asin
Hmmm … this sounds like an interesting application of game theory and AI, and I’d like to get a reprint of the article somewhere as I don’t subscribe to any current journals. Even so, what I really want is an algorithm to eliminate politicians and political process. Whether we vote for tweedledumb or tweedledumber next [...]
The AMS Centennial Research Fellowship Program makes awards annually to outstanding mathematicians to help further their careers in research. The stipend for fellowships awarded for 2009-2010 is...
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 33rd International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, MFCS 2008, held in Torun, Poland, in August 2008.
The 45 revised full papers presented together with 5 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from 119 submissions. All current aspects in theoretical computer science and its mathema
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One of the few good things that can be said about Mr Mugabe is that he is creating a country of Maths geniuses, and future weightlifting champions.
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Parallell to working on forthcoming articles I have been listening to the Teaching Company series called "The joy of mathematics", taught by professor Arthur T. Benjamin (see picture).It is a truly great series of lectures which has allowed me to fresh up my math as well as to learn som impressive new skills. For example I can now square any number between 1-100 very fast (perhaps I will reveal th
How Does Your Child's Mathematical Garden Grow? An Overview of Methodology in the Math Classroom - For those of us who are old enough to remember classrooms with walls, the methods we used to learn math were teacher-centered and method-based. Those who came of age before cooperative learning became prevalent in schools probably remember learning one method of solving problems... More: contin
Little Sameer who was a Hindu, was failing in math. His parents tried everything. Tutors, mentors, flash cards, special learning centers, but nothing helped. As a last resort, someone told them to try a Catholic School. "Those nuns are tough" they said. Sameer was soon enrolled at St Mary's. After school on
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Students and research workers in mathematics, physics, engineering and other sciences will find this compilation of more than 2000 mathematical formulas and tables invaluable. They will see quickly why half a million copies were sold of the first edition! All the information included is practical -- rarely used results are excluded. Topics range from elementary to
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The Seminal Work in Information Theory
This book is the origin of information theory (then called "communication theory"). Explaining measurement of information in both discrete and continuous variables, this historic work defined one of the most
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This book is an introduction, for mathematics students, to the theories of information and codes. They are usually treated separately but, as both address the problem of communication through noisy channels (albeit from different directions), the authors have been able to exploit the connection to give a reasonably self-contained treatment, relating the probabilistic and
The Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (HCM) at Bonn University offers up to 15 Postdoctoral Positions in all fields of mathematics and mathematical economics. The duration of these positions may vary...
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Celebrity foreclosures aren't really anything new. But the tone of this particular announcement does seem to be different and in tune with what is happening in the real estate market across the country. Calling a foreclosure a "mathematical decision" and "not a difficult issue emotionally" doesn't really set the kind of example desired by the struggling mortgage industry.
The University of Limerick (UL) with over 11,500 students and 1,200 staff is a young, energetic and enterprising university with a proud record of innovation in education and excellence in research...
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"Whatever can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time, in the worst possible way." You thought it was just a funny saying... Well there is truth behind it. Now Murphy's law can be mathematically proven!CLICK HERE
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Denmark. Several positions as Ph.D. fellow are available within Department of Mathematical Sciences, Faculties of Engineering, Science and Medicine. It is required that the candidate hold a Masters degree and will be enrolled as a PhD student at the Doctoral School of the Faculties of Engineering, Science and Medicine. Duration of the stipends is normally
There were two nuns..One of them was known as Sister Mathematical (SM), and the other one was known as Sister Logical (SL).It is getting dark and they are still far away from the convent.SM: Have you noticed that a man has been following us for the past thirty-eight and a half minutes? I wonder what he wants.SL: It's logical. He wants to rape us.SM: Oh, no! At this rate he will reach us in 15 minutes at the most! What can we do?SL: The only logical thing to do of course is to walk faster.SM: It's not working.SL: Of course it's not working. The man did the only logical thing. He started to walk faster, too.SM: So, what shall we do? At this rate he will reach us in one minute.SL: The only logical thing we can do is split. You go that way and I'll go this way. He cannot follow us both.So the
UK. A variety of scholarships are available to help students on the MSc in Mathematical Finance fund their studies. All applicants are automatically considered for Fisher Scholarships as well as internal scholarships offered by the Economics Department. In both cases, scholarships are awarded to attract the most able students to the MSc, regardless of
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Mathematical Adventures for Students and Amateurs # Author:David F. Hayes, Tatiana Shubin # Format:DJVU 6.9MB# Page Count: 304 pages# Publisher: The Mathematical Association of America (April 21, 2005)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0883855488# ISBN-13: 978-0883855485This is a partial record of the Bay Area Math Adventures (BAMA), a lecture series for high school students (and incidentally their teachers, parents, and other interested adults) hosted by San Jose State and Santa Clara Universities in the San Francisco Bay Area. These lectures are aimed primarily at talented high school students and as a result, the mathematics in some cases is far from what one would expect to see in talks at this level. There are serious mathematical issues addressed here. The authors are distinguished mathem
There were two nuns. One of them was known as Sister Mathematical (SM), and the other one was known as Sister Logical (SL). It is getting dark and they are still far away from the convent. SM: Have you noticed that a man has been following us for The past thirty-eight and a half minutes? I wonder what he wants. SL: It's logical. He wants to rape us. SM: Oh, no! At this rate he will reach us in 15 minutes at the most! What can we do? SL: The only logical thing to do of course is to walk faster. SM: It's not working. SL: Of course it's not working. The man did the only logical thing. He started to walk faster, too. SM : So, what shall we do? At this rate he will reach us in one minute. SL: The only logical thing we can do is split. You go that way and I'll go this way. He cannot follow us bo
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Yes, Finland once again took the lead in OECD's three-yearly PISA test of 15-year old secondary-school students, followed by Hong Kong (China) and Canada in second and third place. The tests we focused on science but also examined math and reading orientation. I happen to know one of the great teachers they have there and I can tell why. Other than solving Conceptis puzzles, being an avid
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An opening for a Ph.D. student is available at the University of Alberta with a start date in September 2008. The student will be
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An opening for a Ph.D. student is available at the University of Alberta with a start date in September 2008. The student will be enrolled in the graduate program in the Department of Mathematical...
Switzerland: Postdoctoral Position in Mathematical Coding Theory, University of Zurich
The Institute of Mathematics of the University of Zurich invites applications for a Postdoc position in the area of Mathematical Coding Theory.
The starting date is January 1st, 2008
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The SIMUMAT group is seeking to hire two postdocs in the general area of Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Simulation. Positions would start on January 1st, 2008.
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Applicants are invited to join the computational mathematics and scientific computing group in NTU (Nanyang Technological University) on interdisciplinary computational imaging, computer vision and...
The Programme in Advanced Mathematics of Finance, University of the Witwatersand - Johannesburg, invites applications for a Post-doctoral Research Fellowship in Mathematical Finance for the 2008-2009...
If mathematical operators (+, -, *, /) are made part of an attribute name then Struts 2 may mis-interpret them during lookups. Say if one uses "user-name" as attribute name for storing an object in request scope. On attempt of retrieving this variable from request scope using-request.getAttribute("user-name");if Struts 2 does not find this variable in request scope then it looks in ValueStack usin
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ISBN-0883855178If there were a mathematics of watching paint dry, Martin Gardner would make it interesting. Without peer as a popularizer of mathematics, he is equally adept at explaining all areas. This book, another updated collection of his Scientific American columns, is a twenty member set of polished pearls. Although somewhat mundane as a descriptive adjective, the word
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin invite applications for up to ten Doctoral Positions in Mathematical Finance (Scientific assistant, BAT-O/BAT IIa)
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin invite applications for up to ten Doctoral Positions in Mathematical Finance (Scientific assistant, BAT-O/BAT IIa)
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This is a not space or astronomical art, but is very interesting visualization of abstract scientific/mathematical concepts (created in 1970-1980's).Anatoly Fomenko is a Russian mathematician, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and the International Higher Education Academy of Sciences, as well as a doctor of physics and mathematics, a professor, and head of the Differential Geometry Department of the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics in Moscow State University. He is the author of 180 scientific publications, 26 monographs and textbooks on mathematics, a specialist in geometry and topology, variational calculus, Hamiltonian geometry and mechanics, and computer geometry.Fomenko is a supporter of revising chronological history. He has created his own revision called "New Chronology". Well I'm not convinced that he's serious about it and I have no comment this theory.But, have you seen the artwork of Anatoly Fomenko? He is also f
Author: Luigi Ambrosio, Klaus Deckelnick Paperback: 245 pagesPublisher: Springer; 1 edition (August 2003)Language: EnglishISBN: 3540140336(R)Interfaces are geometrical objects modelling free or moving boundaries and arise in a wide range of phase change problems in physical and biological sciences, particularly in material technology and in dynamics of patterns. Especially in the end of last century, the study of evolving interfaces in a number of applied fields becomes increasingly important, so that the possibility of describing their dynamics through suitable mathematical models became one of the most challenging and interdisciplinary problems in applied mathematics. The 2000 Madeira school reported on mathematical advances in some theoretical, modelling and numerical issues concerned with dynamics of interfaces and free boundaries. Specifically, the five courses dealt with an assessment of recent results on the optimal transportation problem, the numerical ap
Author: Christian FriesPaperback: 544 pagesPublisher: Wiley (August 24, 2007)Language: EnglishISBN: 0470047224(R)This book concentrates on the theory of mathematical finance and the pricing of derivatives around the theory. The topics are presented from their mathematical foundations to their real-world implementation (through pricing models) using state-of-the art object oriented programming techniques. While a high standard of mathematical precision is retained throughout the book, the emphasis remains on practical motivations, interpretations, and results. The book harmonizes theory, practical modeling, and financial methods under one convenient cover. Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
Author: S. Kusuoka, A. YamazakiPaperback: 500 pagesPublisher: Springer; 1 edition (January 18, 2006)Language: EnglishISBN: 4431308989(R)A lot of economic problems can formulated as constrained optimizations and equilibration of their solutions.Various mathematical theories have been supplying economists with indispensable machineries for these problems arising in economic theory. Conversely, mathematicians have been stimulated by various mathematical difficulties raised by economic theories. The series is designed to bring together those mathematicians who were seriously interested in getting new challenging stimuli from economic theories with those economists who are seeking for effective mathematical tools for their researchers. Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
TTCalc portable is a nice advanced Mathematical calculator written by Tomasz Sowa. Available in both English and Polish languages TTCalc is so simple to navigate and very easy to use. TTCalc contains hyperbolic and trigonometric functions amongst many more. The portable calculator can do conversions as well. Best of all it is tiny and can easily fit [...]
[Portugal] Research Positions in Mathematical Modelling, Lisbon Epidemiology ConsortiumThe Lisbon Epidemiology Consortium (CEL) has been recently formed by the University of Lisbon (UL) and Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) to develop integrative approaches to epidemiology research, training and practice. Funded by a grant from the Portuguese Ministry of Science (www.eracareers.pt) complemented by funds from the European Commission.The post holders will have the opportunity to initiate their own research projects while contributing to the establishment of solid bonds between consortium research units. There are no teaching obligations, but there will be opportunities to contribute to graduate education.Applicants should hold a PhD and demonstrate interdisciplinary interests and managerial skills. Candidates to posts 2-8 should show additional evidence of independent research and significant scientific accomplishments. An initial contract of 5 years will be offered to the successfu
K. F. Riley, M. P. Hobson & S. J. Bence (Cambridge University Press) "The third edition of this highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook is suitable for teaching all the mathematics ever likely to be needed for an undergraduate course in any of the physical sciences. As well as lucid descriptions of all the topics covered and many worked examples, it contains more than 800 exercises. A number of additional topics have been included and the text has undergone significant reorganisation in some areas. New stand-alone chapters: • give a systematic account of the ‘special functions’ of physical science • cover an extended range of practical applications of complex variables including WKB methods and saddle-point integration techniques • provide an introduction to quantum operators. Further tabulations, of relevance in statistics and numerical integration, have been added. In this edition, all 400 odd-numbered exercises are provided with complete worked solutions in a separate manu
Steven Ian Barry & Stephen Alan Davis (UNSW Press) "There are certain mathematical skills that are essential for any of your courses that use mathematics. Your lecturer will assume that you know them perfectly - not just a vague idea, but that you have completely mastered these skills. Without these necessary skills, you will find present and later subjects extremely difficult. You may also lose too many marks making 'silly' mistakes in exams. So what skills do you need to have? This book contains the mathematical skills we think are essential for you to not only know but remember. It is not a textbook and does not attempt to teach you, hence there are no long wordy explanations. This book should act as a reminder to you of material you have already learned. If you are having trouble with a section or chapter then we suggest you consult a more thorough textbook. We have left a number of blank pages at the back of the book for you to add in skills that you or your lecturers think are
Ross Honsberger has done it again. He has brought together another wonderful collection of elementary mathematical problems and their solutions abounding in striking surprises and brilliant ideas that reflect the beauty of mathematics. Many of these problems come from mathematical journals. Others come from various mathematical competitions such as the Tournament of the Towns, the Balkan
Mathematical and Physical Theory of Turbulence (Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics)By * Publisher: Chapman & Hall/CRC * Number Of Pages: 208 * Publication Date: 2006-06-15 * Sales Rank: 2663370 * ISBN / ASIN: 0824723236 * EAN: 9780824723231 * Binding: Hardcover * Manufacturer: Chapman & Hall/CRC * Studio: Chapman & Hall/CRC * Average Rating: * Total Reviews:Book Description:Bringing together experts from physics, applied mathematics, and engineering, Mathematical and Physical Theory of Turbulence discusses recent progress and some of the major unresolved issues in two- and three-dimensional turbulence as well as scalar compressible turbulence. The topics discussed include finite-time singularities and inviscid dissipation energy; validity of the idealized model incorporating local isotropy, homogeneity, and universality of small scales of high Reynolds numbers, Lagrangian statistics, and measurements; and subrigid-scale modeling and hybrid
For daily-updated scholarship info, click hereGermany: Research Assistantship / PhD Studentship in Mathematical Modelling, Technical University BraunschweigThe Institute for Heat and Fuel Technology at Technical University Braunschweig seeks aResearch Assistant/Ph.D. student (E13 TV-L, formerly BAT IIa).The position is vacant in the Integrated Systems group (M. Mönnigmann). Our research focuses on the development and application of numerical methods for the modeling, simulation, and optimization of nonlinear dynamical systems in the area of process, chemical and energy systems engineering. The candidate is expected to conduct research on methods for the robust optimization of fuel cells and miniaturized heat exchangers.Ideal candidates havea very good academic record, completed a masters or equivalent degree in mechanical or chemical engineering, electrical engineering, scientific computing, applied math, or physics, experience in numerical methods and programming interest in conducti
Shows how to use PostScript for producing mathematical graphics, at several levels of sophistication. Also includes some discussion of the mathematics involved in computer graphics as well as a few remarks about good style in mathematical illustration.
One of the most fascinating things about history is the amount of it that’s been wiped out - on purpose. For example, in the ninth century CE, the greatest library in the world, the Library of Alexandria, was burned in an act of war, and ever since, history buffs have kept themselves tantalized and amused [...]
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