Mathforge.net :: Green-Tao, the Wagner Conjecture, Larry Summers and Christianity

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Date: 01/26/05 

Date: 26 Jan 2005 12:16:17 -0800

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****The Larry Summers Debacle****
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****Arithmetic progressions on prime numbers****
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****Science Commons****
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****New CNN.com article on Grigori Perelman****
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