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# Posts

### October 20, 2014

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Rachel Thomas It might not be as familiar as the circle or parabola, but it's definitely worth getting to know the hyperbola! Out of the conic sections, we are most familiar with the circle and its generalisation, the ellipse, and the parabola. To most of us, the hyperbola seems a far stranger beast. read more
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Full Professor (W3) in Algorithms and ComplexityRWTH Aachen UniversityFaculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural SciencesWe are seeking qualified applicants for teaching and research in thearea of algorithms and complexity. The starting date is 1st October2015. The research focus of this professorship should be in one orseveral branches of current algorithms research, for example,algorithmic game theory, approximation algorithms, distributedalgorithms, fixed-parameter tractability, […]
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Colm Mulcahy This week would have been the 100th birthday of Martin Gardner, who is deservedly credited with turning on several generations of people worldwide to the pleasures of maths! To mark the occasion here are some favourite puzzles that, apart from being fun, also lead to some serious maths. American man of letters […]
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1837 = 11 x 167.1837 is a centered dodecagonal number (or a star number) (A003154).1837 is a concentric hexagonal number (A032528).1837 is a value of n for which 2n (3674) and 7n (12859) together use each of the digits 1 to 9 exactly once.1837, 1838, and 1839 are consecutive semiprimes (A056809).1837 is the number of intersections of diagonals in the interior of a regular 18-gon (A006561).Source: What's Special About This Number?

### October 19, 2014

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CALL FOR PAPERS ******************************************** Extended submission deadline: 2 November 2014 (see below for updated schedule) ******************************************** Elsevier - Computer Communications Journal Special Issue on Online Social Networks http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-communications/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-online-social-networks1/ Online Social Networks are a massively successful phenomenon, used by billions of users to interact. Nowadays […]
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Ooooo. Scary!  This is a slightly didactic activity on vampire bats.  We’ve given lots of interesting metric and customary unit facts and asked students to relate those sizes to quantities that they are familiar with.  Simply enjoy the season with this…Read more →

### October 18, 2014

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=================================================================== Call for Papers DISCML -- 6th Workshop on Discrete Optimization in Machine Learning at NIPS 2014 (Montreal) Dec 13, 2014 www.discml.cc =================================================================== Discrete optimization problems and combinatorial structures are becoming increasingly important in machine learning. They arise for discrete labels with complex dependencies, structured estimators, learning with graphs, […]
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--------------------------CTW 2015 - CALL FOR PAPERS--------------------------13th Cologne-Twente Workshop on Graphs & Combinatorial OptimizationIstanbul, TurkeyMay 26-28, 2015.------------------------------------------------------------------* Website: http://ctw2015.eng.marmara.edu.tr* Deadline for submission: February 15, 2015* Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2015* Workshop dates: May 26-28, 2015------------------------------------------------------------------The 13th […]
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INVITATION: ================= Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to CONTENT 2015. The submission deadline is November 12, 2014. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org ================= ============== CONTENT 2015 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, […]
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Les nombreux problèmes qui se posent dans l'enseignement des mathématiques n'indiffèrent personne. Beaucoup de gens en parlent, mais peu les posent de façon concrète. C'est que le débat est déjà difficile à porter auprès de la communauté mathématique, et il l'est encore plus au niveau du public. C'est à cet effet que le site Images des Mathématiques souhaite offrir un espace de discussions ouvert à tous ceux qui se sentent touchés par ces questions. Ils pourront y échanger […]

### October 17, 2014

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SAMSI has a great opportunity for six people to become a postdoctoral fellow next year! Get the chance to collaborate, and mingle with top researchers in your field of interest. You can apply for either of the two SAMSI Research … Continue reading →
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MAPSP 2015 - First Call for Papers Twelfth Workshop on Models and Algorithms for Planning and Scheduling Problems June 8-12, 2015 La Roche-en-Ardenne, Belgium The site : http://www.mapsp2015.com/ MAPSP is a biennial workshop dedicated to all theoretical and practical aspects of scheduling, planning, and timetabling. Previous MAPSP meetings have been held in Menaggio, Italy (1993), Wernigerode, Germany (1995), Cambridge, UK (1997), Renesse, […]
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Comment se propagent les électrons dans un solide, qu'on modélise dans de nombreux cas par un milieu aléatoire ? - Echos de la recherche / Hors-piste, featured, Gazette des Mathématiciens
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Cet article présente d'abord la théorie mathématique de la rigidité des structures formées de pivots et de barres, puis le phénomène de percolation associé, lorsque les structures considérées sont de grandes tailles et contiennent une part aléatoire. - Echos de la recherche / Piste rouge, featured, Gazette des Mathématiciens
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The Vienna Center for Logic and Algorithms calls for the nomination of authors of outstanding scientific works in the field of Logic and Computer Science, for the following awards: - Outstanding Master Thesis Award (thesis for obtaining a Masters degree or equivalent) - Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award (thesis or final project for obtaining a Bachelors degree or equivalent) In both categories, the work must make an original contribution to a research field that can be classified as […]
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Call for Papers 31st International Symposium on Computational Geometry Eindhoven, June 22-25, 2015 www.win.tue.nl/SoCG2015/ The 31st International Symposium on Computational Geometry will be held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, as part of Computational Geometry Week. We invite submissions of high-quality papers that describe original research on computational problems in a geometric setting, in particular their algorithmic solutions, implementation issues, applications, and mathematical […]
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Center for Massive Data Algorithmics (MADALGO), is a basic research center funded by the Danish National Research Foundation. The center is located in the Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University, Denmark, but also includes researchers at CSAIL, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics and at Frankfurt University. The center covers all areas of the design, analysis and implementation of algorithms and data structures for processing […]
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[Please post - apologies for multiple copies.]------------Call for Papers8th Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO 2014Warsaw, Poland, September 13 - 16, 2015organized in the framework of FEDERATED CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SCIENCEAND INFORMATION SYSTEMSFedCSIS - 2015http://www.fedcsis.org/====================We invite original contributions related with both theoretical andpractical aspects of optimization methods.The list of topics includes, but is not limited to:* unconstrained and […]
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If a “revolution” in our field or area of knowledge was ongoing, would we feel it and recognize it? And if so, how? I think a methodological “revolution” is probably going on in the science of epidemiology, but I’m not totally sure. Of course, in science not being sure is part of our normal state. And we mostly like it. The post The deconstruction of paradoxes in epidemiology appeared first on OUPblog.         Related StoriesCelebrating World […]
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INVITATION: ================= Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to ADAPTIVE 2015. The submission deadline is November 12, 2014. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org ================= ============== ADAPTIVE 2015 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, […]
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3203 is a prime number.Reversing the digits of 3203 also produces a prime (A109309).3203 has the property that if each digit is replaced by its square, the resulting number is a square.3203 is a prime whose digit sum is 8 (A062343).3203 is the smallest prime whose decimal expansion begins with concatenation of the first two primes in descending order (A171154).Source: What's Special About This Number
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James Simons, chair of the Simons Foundation, will give this year's AMS Einstein Public Lecture in Mathematics at San Francisco State University Saturday, October 25. Simons will speak on "Mathematics, Common Sense, and Good Luck." Read more about the lecture.
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Chaque semaine, un défi du calendrier mathématique 2014... - Défis du Calendrier Mathématique 2014 / Carrousel

### October 16, 2014

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Mathematical Association of America posted a photo: The Carriage House at the Mathematical Association of America offers modern meeting space in a classic setting. Located just two blocks from the Dupont Circle Metro Station, the Carriage House is easily within walking distance of the Dupont Circle's many restaurants and hotels. With three rooms to choose from, it is the ideal setting for small to mid-size meetings, workshops, and conferences. Reserve the space today! The MAA Carriage […]
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Mathematical Association of America posted a photo: The Carriage House at the Mathematical Association of America offers modern meeting space in a classic setting. Located just two blocks from the Dupont Circle Metro Station, the Carriage House is easily within walking distance of the Dupont Circle's many restaurants and hotels. With three rooms to choose from, it is the ideal setting for small to mid-size meetings, workshops, and conferences. Reserve the space today! The MAA Carriage […]
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Mathematical Association of America posted a photo: The Carriage House at the Mathematical Association of America offers modern meeting space in a classic setting. Located just two blocks from the Dupont Circle Metro Station, the Carriage House is easily within walking distance of the Dupont Circle's many restaurants and hotels. With three rooms to choose from, it is the ideal setting for small to mid-size meetings, workshops, and conferences. Reserve the space today! The MAA Carriage […]
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Mathematical Association of America posted a photo: The Carriage House at the Mathematical Association of America offers modern meeting space in a classic setting. Located just two blocks from the Dupont Circle Metro Station, the Carriage House is easily within walking distance of the Dupont Circle's many restaurants and hotels. With three rooms to choose from, it is the ideal setting for small to mid-size meetings, workshops, and conferences. Reserve the space today! The MAA Carriage […]
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Mathematical Association of America posted a photo: The Carriage House at the Mathematical Association of America offers modern meeting space in a classic setting. Located just two blocks from the Dupont Circle Metro Station, the Carriage House is easily within walking distance of the Dupont Circle's many restaurants and hotels. With three rooms to choose from, it is the ideal setting for small to mid-size meetings, workshops, and conferences. Reserve the space today! The MAA Carriage […]
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Mathematical Association of America posted a photo: The Carriage House at the Mathematical Association of America offers modern meeting space in a classic setting. Located just two blocks from the Dupont Circle Metro Station, the Carriage House is easily within walking distance of the Dupont Circle's many restaurants and hotels. With three rooms to choose from, it is the ideal setting for small to mid-size meetings, workshops, and conferences. Reserve the space today! The MAA Carriage […]
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Mathematical Association of America posted a photo: The Carriage House at the Mathematical Association of America offers modern meeting space in a classic setting. Located just two blocks from the Dupont Circle Metro Station, the Carriage House is easily within walking distance of the Dupont Circle's many restaurants and hotels. With three rooms to choose from, it is the ideal setting for small to mid-size meetings, workshops, and conferences. Reserve the space today! The MAA Carriage […]