Mathematician and writer

Monthly archives for July, 2018

Ken Ribet’s Favorite Theorem

Jul 15, 2018 ~ Written by evelyn
This post originally appeared on scientificamerican.com. In today’s episode of our podcast My Favorite Theorem, Kevin Knudson and I were happy to welcome Ken Ribet on the show. Dr. Ribet is a math professor at the University of California Berkeley and president of the American Mathematical Society.  You can listen to the episode at kpknudson. [...]
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Stepping into a Three-Torus

Jul 03, 2018 ~ Written by evelyn
Stepping into a Three-Torus Earlier this month, my travels took me and my spouse to Copenhagen. While trying to get the most out of an 8-zone transit pass, we took the train to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, which has a beautiful setting, an affectionate resident kitty, and gorgeous views across Øresund to Sweden. Unbeknownst to us, it also has an art installation [...]
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What I Wrote in June 2018

Jul 02, 2018 ~ Written by evelyn
I’ve started a monthly email newsletter collecting my writing, some of the things I’m reading, and a few other odds and ends. You can subscribe here. What I wrote Kevin Knudson and I published two new episodes of our podcast My Favorite Theorem. Francis Su told us about the Brouwer fixed-point theorem and game theory, and Jana Rodriguez Hert [...]
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