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Garrett Eastman

New Open Access Initiative Started by Mathematicians | Open Knowledge Foundation Blog - 3 views

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    "Last week Tim Gowers, Cambridge University mathematician and open access advocate who led the recent boycott of Elsevier, announced an exciting new open access initiative for mathematicians on his blog. The project, called the Episciences Project, will make it super quick and easy to set up open access journals called "epijournals"."
Garrett Eastman

Fall of Communism changed mathematics in US - 3 views

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    Researchers from Notre Dame and Harvard, in a paper to be published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, discuss Soviet mathematicians' movement to U.S. institutions following the breakup of the Soviet Union, how Soviet mathematical study engaged in different areas of specialization from that of the west, and subsequently "a flood of new mathematicians, theorems and ideas."
Garrett Eastman

Workshop on Mathematics Journals: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute - 4 views

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    A workshop scheduled in Berkeley, California, Feburary14-16, 2011. "The workshop will discuss what is important and unique to the publishing of mathematical research articles and how we can best ensure that publishing practices support peer reviewed research in the long term. Much of the current discussion is taking place between funders and publishers, including learned societies, but not directly with mathematicians. A second goal is to see if we can find a consensus of opinion on what is important about journal publishing to mathematicians, that is, where the balance lies between the desire for profits from publishing and the broader dissemination of research."
MariaDroujkova

Math Future event: mathematics in Crowd Sciences Feb 15 at 3pm ET - 2 views

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    LOGIN Wednesday February 15 at 3pm Eastern US time: http://tinyurl.com/math20event During the event, Dr. Keith Still of SaferCrowds.com will introduce his Crowd Sciences work and explain the relevance of mathematics in it: "If you don't do the maths, you could end up in court on a manslaughter charge!" All events in the Math Future weekly series: http://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/events The recording will be at http://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/CrowdSciences Pose questions and comments for Keith before the event Math Future wiki: http://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/message/list/CrowdSciences LinkedIn group: http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=33207&type=member&item=94871153&qid=b29a6dbc-6474-425f-865a-b319bd33dcb9 Email group: http://groups.google.com/group/mathfuture/browse_thread/thread/931328aab6d87b03 How to join Follow this link at the time of the event: http://tinyurl.com/math20event Wednesday, February 15 2012 we will meet online at noon Pacific, 3 pm Eastern time. WorldClock for your time zone. Click "OK" and "Accept" several times as your browser installs the software. When you see Session Log-In, enter your name and click the "Login" button If this is your first time, come a few minutes earlier to check out the technology. Crowd Modelling + Crowd Monitoring + Crowd Management = Safer Crowds Crowd Modelling is the scientific approach to the development of safe, robust, crowd management plans. This can be achieved without the need for expensive, complex, time consuming computer simulations. In simple terms Crowd Modelling is understanding how, where, when and why crowds arrive, move around and leave an events/venues. The majority of this can be accomplished using tried, tested and simple to apply methodologies. "Keith Still is what I term an intuitive mathematician. He is one of the most creative and original thinkers that I know. He adds drive and determination, as well as considerable intellectual power to any group of which h
Garrett Eastman

Emmy Noether, the Most Significant Mathematician You've Never Heard Of - 11 views

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    "Albert Einstein called her the most "significant" and "creative" female mathematician of all time, and others of her contemporaries were inclined to drop the modification by sex. She invented a theorem that united with magisterial concision two conceptual pillars of physics: symmetry in nature and the universal laws of conservation."
Garrett Eastman

Proof claimed for deep connection between primes : Nature News & Comment - 2 views

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    "Mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki of Kyoto University in Japan has released a 500-page proof of the abc conjecture, which proposes a relationship between whole numbers - a 'Diophantine' problem. The abc conjecture, proposed independently by David Masser and Joseph Oesterle in 1985, might not be as familiar to the wider world as Fermat's Last Theorem, but in some ways it is more significant. "The abc conjecture, if proved true, at one stroke solves many famous Diophantine problems, including Fermat's Last Theorem," says Dorian Goldfeld, a mathematician at Columbia University in New York. "If Mochizuki's proof is correct, it will be one of the most astounding achievements of mathematics of the twenty-first century." See additional commentary at: http://bit-player.org/2012/the-abc-game?utm_src=HN2
Garrett Eastman

Mathematicians' Views on Current Publishing Issues: A Survey of Researchers - 4 views

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    The survey involved more than 600 "randomly selected mathematicians worldwide" and revealed that many mathematicians publish on arxiv.org, some on their personal websites, some publish in open access journals but disapprove of publishing fees, tenure and promotion influence publication, high awareness of publishing rights, little use of online collaboration tools
Garrett Eastman

Mathematicians use cell 'profiling' to detect abnormalities -- including cancer - 2 views

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    Mathematicians at Ohio State University have developed new equations to "describe the shape and motion of single cells for laboratory analysis."
Garrett Eastman

MacTutor History of Mathematics - 8 views

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    Archive from the School of Mathematics and Statistics at University of St. Andrews Scotland features biographies of famous mathematicians, historical topics in mathematics, and "mathematicians of the day"
Colin McAllister

A Blog About Mathematics on Vox.com - 0 views

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    My Blog About Mathematics and Science as a PDF file on Scribd.com. Articles: Editing Equations on Web 2.0 Sites, Representing Scale in Mathematics, Nesin Mathematics Village in Turkey, A mathematician of prime numbers. A mathematician of topology. Flash game for teaching mathematics. From http://cmcallister.vox.com/
Garrett Eastman

Mathematicians Take a Stand - 4 views

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    A description of mathematicians' and other scientists recent boycott of Elsevier publishing for its high prices and practices to hinder open distribution of scientific knowledge, as well as a comparison of scholarly mathematics journals pricing among major publishers, and introduction to an ongoing movement of mathematicians organized to fix a "broken" scholarly publishing system
Garrett Eastman

Do Mathematicians Get the Author Rights They Want? - 4 views

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    Kristine Fowler, mathematics librarian at the University of Minnesota, shares results from a survey of mathematicians concerning how they want to be able to reuse their work, discusses alternatives to standard copyright contracts and urges scholars and institutions to be aware of not only their options but the rights they may cede in entering into publishing agreements.
Garrett Eastman

Photos of Mathematicians - 16 views

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    A collection by Andrej Bauer
Garrett Eastman

Final Report from the MSRI Workshop on Mathematics Journals - 0 views

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    A workshop that took place February 14, 2011 to February 16, 2011, facilitating discussion of "what is important about journal publishing to mathematicians," just released its final report.
Garrett Eastman

Nonfiction Review: A Strange Wilderness: The Lives of the Great Mathematicians by Amir ... - 9 views

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    Prolific science writer Aczel offers a grab bag of biographical sketches of important mathematicians: starting with the "rope-pullers" in ancient Egypt, who determined property lines for farmers
Garrett Eastman

10 Ways To Think Like A Mathematician - 20 views

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    Companion pamphlet for Kevin Houston's book How to Think Like a Mathematician, outlining ten ways of questioning and reasoning
Garrett Eastman

LEARNING MATHEMATICS NEEDED FOR TEACHING THROUGH DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING, AND TESTING L... - 1 views

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    Abstract:"This paper discusses the results of a pilot st udy that explored how prospective secondary school teachers are shaped by learni ng experiences during their undergraduate mathematics education. The collabora tive study, which was conducted by a mathematician and a mathematics educator, dr ew from the experiences of prospective teachers in a non-traditional undergraduate ma thematics program that makes extensive use of technology. Analysis of data collect ed from detailed questionnaires, journals, and focus group discussions strongly suggests that designing, implementing, and testing Learning Objects promotes prospective teache rs' learning of the mathematics needed for teaching. Furthermore, the analysis shows t hat prospective teachers' experiences of ownership, engagement, and pride are key to positive learning experiences. "
Garrett Eastman

Games and Mathematics : Subtle Connections - 9 views

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    Published November 2012. "The first part of the book introduces games, puzzles and mathematical recreations, including knight tours on a chessboard. The second part explains how thinking about playing games can mirror the thinking of a mathematician, using scientific investigation, tactics and strategy, and sharp observation. Finally the author considers game-like features found in a wide range of human behaviours, illuminating the role of mathematics and helping to explain why it exists at all. "
Garrett Eastman

Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems - 7 views

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    Written in 2013 by Ian Stewart, an overview of mathematical problems that influence our lives and continue to challenge mathematicians.
Martin Burrett

UKEdMag: 'I'm rubbish at Maths' How personal experience can influence teaching by @kara... - 0 views

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    I'm rubbish at Maths' are words that regularly come out of mouth during my adult life. This fixed mindset is deep rooted. When faced with a Maths challenge I have immediate flashbacks to those bottom set Maths lessons where everyone else were given more complicated problems with bigger numbers to solve. I may have a fixed mindset in terms of my own capabilities, but I believe every child has the capacity to be a fantastic Mathematician, if they are given the opportunity and are encouraged to have the belief in the 'power of yet'.
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