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Twin Primes and the Ternary Goldbach Conjecture
Just like buses… exactly just like buses… you wait for one and two come all at once. That is exactly what I thought when I heard about the two results in number theory that… Read More »Twin Primes and the Ternary Goldbach Conjecture
Yuletide Disquisitions?? Come on!
I twitted earlier this week an Open Letter to the Royal Institution by Ian Gent in response to the bizarre and quite frankly ludicrous decision by the RI to trademark the term “Christmas Lectures”. I agree… Read More »Yuletide Disquisitions?? Come on!
Spreadsheets and Economics
It is not uncommon to see a large number of people using spreadsheets in their work. As a matter of fact this tool can be of great help to speed calculations, explore models and even… Read More »Spreadsheets and Economics
Quantum Leap… Are you sure you mean that?
I have been meaning to write this post for a while, but for one reason or another (or rather many reasons…) I had not been able to. Right, so what has triggered this post? Well,… Read More »Quantum Leap… Are you sure you mean that?
#Popocatepetl has been spewing some ash… Pics
Well, it would not be a visit to Puebla without having a look at the pair of volcanoes Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl. Great views, but I was now expecting coming out from dinner and having the… Read More »#Popocatepetl has been spewing some ash… Pics
Interfaces and Colloids – Book cover
I never found myself so interested in interfaces and colloids before. Great marketing!
Happy 306th birthday Euler!
In celebration of the Euler’s birthday, Google has created a doodle today. The doodle includes: The formula for the Euler characteristic, , which relates the number of vertices, edges and faces of a spherical polyhedron… Read More »Happy 306th birthday Euler!