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A selection of papers authored (or co-authored) by Jonathan Borwein and Peter Borwein has been published by PSIpress. The selection includes several papers of significant historical interest: Jonathan Borwein and Peter Borwein, Experimental and computational mathematics: Selected writings, PSIpress, Portland, OR, 2010. Here is a brief synopsis, from the publisher’s website: A quiet revolution in . . . → Read More: Selected papers of Jonathan Borwein and Peter Borwein A German translation of The Computer as Crucible, which was co-authored by one of the present bloggers, has been published by Springer-Verlag. Here is a synopsis of the English edition: Keith Devlin and Jonathan Borwein, two well-known mathematicians with expertise in different mathematical specialties but with a common interest in experimentation in mathematics, have joined . . . → Read More: German edition of The Computer as Crucible A book on techniques for tuning the performance of large scientific computations has just been published by one of the present bloggers: David H. Bailey, Robert F. Lucas and Samuel W. Williams, “Performance Tuning of Scientific Applications,” CRC Press (Taylor and Francis Group), Boca Raton, FL, 2011. Amazon.com. Here is the press synopsis: With contributions . . . → Read More: New book on performance science As we mentioned in an earlier Blog post, IBM has been developing a state-of-the-art question-answering computer system, named “Watson” (for Thomas J. Watson, the founder of IBM). The basic computer hardware is a module from IBM’s “BlueGene” series, which, in the configuration used for this research project, would cost somewhat over $1,000,000. The software . . . → Read More: IBM’s Watson to compete on Jeopardy! with Jennings with Rutter Many are familiar with the old and amusing puzzle “As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives…” Recently scholars examining the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (c. 1650 BCE) were started to find a surprisingly similar version: Seven houses have seven cats that each eat seven mice that each eat seven . . . → Read More: Ancient math puzzles in 3600-year-old Egyptian papyrus |
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