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Date: 12/30/04 

Date: 30 Dec 2004 13:05:54 -0800

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****2004, the Year in Mathematics****
The year began with some terrific news, as Grigori Perelman's alleged
proof of the Poincare Conjecture was hailed, at the end of 2003 and the
beginning of January, by the popular press as the one which...
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****The MAA covers the shining year in mathematical literature****
Fernando Q. Gouvea (with some help from the Mathematical Association of
America's "rosy roster of reviewers") has revealed his favorite reads
for the past year, including the pop-math favorite The Art...
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****Crossword puzzles and patterns of research****
The new January issue of Notices of the American Mathematical Society
includes the first in a series of math-related crossword puzzles. Also
for general audiences is a seven-page article on Patterns of...
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****How to negotiate with the dean****
Concerns of Young Mathematicians has posted a transcript of MathFest
2004 Panel where panelists discuss strategies for negotiating with the
dean of a college. The focus of this discussion was on salary...
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****Researchers devise semantic-search technique using Google****
We all know how easy it is to find information using Google based on
exact words or phrases. Entering the phrase ''Riemann Hypothesis'' into
Google yields pages dedicated to this topic. However, in order...
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****Binary Calculations on a Chess Board****
Kuro5hin has a fun article titled Napier's Chessboard Calculator. It
describes how John Napier, over 400 years ago, described a simple
binary calculation method that can be done on a chessboard. The...
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****The Buddhabrot Set****
The Buddhabrot Set is a reformulation of the Mandelbroit Set, using
slightly different formulae for generating the colors of the points.
The effect is a series of stunning imagery that even those not...
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****13th root record demolished again (uncomfirmed at this time)****
'''Update''': Alexis Lemaire has sent in the original AP story here. p/
--The original Mathforge posting-- p/ On December 17th, 2004, a french
student in computer sciences, Alexis Lemaire, took back...
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****Prime Obsession review on Slashdot****
I have written a review of John Derbyshire's Prime Obsession, posted on
Slashdot. The review focuses on specifying what precisely the Riemann
Hypothesis is, giving some history and technical information,...
http://mathforge.net/index.jsp?page=seeReplies&messageNum=996

****A sex book for mathematicians (Just in time for the holidays!)****
Clio Creswell, a visiting fellow at the University of New South Wales
School of Mathematics, has written a book entitled Mathematics and Sex
in which she discusses the various models of human sexual
relationships.p/...
http://mathforge.net/index.jsp?page=seeReplies&messageNum=993

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