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The Conversation is a recently established web journal dedicated to making academic and related policy issues accessible to an informed public. The editors write: The Conversation is an independent source of information, analysis and commentary from the university and research sector – written by acknowledged experts and delivered directly to the public. As professional journalists, . . . → Read More: Turning IBM’s Watson into a maths genius A new book, co-authored by one of the present bloggers is now available: An Introduction to Modern Mathematical Computing: With Maple, authored by Jonathan M. Borwein and Matthew P. Skerritt, published by Springer, 2011. Here is a brief synopsis: Thirty years ago, mathematical computation was difficult to perform and thus used sparingly. However, mathematical computation . . . → Read More: An Introduction to Modern Mathematical Computing In 1937, Lothar Collatz proposed the following conjecture: Start with a positive integer n, then repeatedly iterate the following: If n is even, divide it by 2; if n is odd, compute 3*n+1. Collatz conjectured that for every starting value n, the result will invariably return to 1. The Collatz conjecture has been studied by . . . → Read More: Has the 3n+1 conjecture been proved? Prof. Jonathan M. Borwein of the University of Newcastle in Australia (one of the present bloggers) will participate in a panel discussion at the World Science Festival, to be held on 3 Jun 2011 7:00pm in the Tishman Auditorium at the New School, 66 W 12th Street, New York City, USA. Other panelists are Keith . . . → Read More: Borwein to participate in World Science Festival panel Two IBM researchers, with the assistance of the present bloggers (Bailey and Borwein), have calculated binary digits of pi-squared beginning at the 60 trillionth binary digit. In addition, they calculated ternary (base-3) digits of pi-squared, beginning at the 60 trillionth digit, and binary digits of Catalan’s constant, beginning at the 120 trillionth digit. Other researchers . . . → Read More: Researchers compute 60 trillionth binary digit of pi-squared A Museum of Mathematics is slated to open in New York City in the fall of 2012. This organization was formed in 2009 by Glen Whitney, formerly the algorithm manager for the $15 billion hedge fund firm Renaissance Technologies. Renaissance was founded by James Simons, who, like Whitney, was previously a professor of mathematics . . . → Read More: Museum of Mathematics to be opened in NYC John Milnor, the American mathematician known for his discovery of exotic hyperspheres, has been awarded the 2011 Abel Prize by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The Abel Prize, which is accompanied by a cash award of USD$1 million, is generally regarded as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in the field of mathematics. . . . → Read More: Milnor wins 2011 Abel prize It’s official: IBM’s “Watson” computer system has defeated two of the brightest minds that our species could put forward for battle, namely legendary Jeopardy! champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Ken Jennings, recognizing that Watson had an insurmountable lead heading into Final Jeopardy (the final question of the match), summed up the situation by writing . . . → Read More: IBM’s “Watson” victorious: Our new computer overlords? Yes, the title is a bit strong, but there is no gentle way to say it: Jeopardy! champs Jennings and Rutter were destroyed by the IBM “Watson” computer system in today’s “Double Jeopardy” round. When the final totals were tallied after the “Final Jeopardy” question, Watson had $35,734, versus $10,400 for Brad Rutter and $4,800 . . . → Read More: Watson creams Jennings and Rutter in second day of Jeopardy! Last night (in North America), the long-awaited match between IBM’s “Watson” question-answering computer system and legendary Jeopardy! champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter began. A good part of this first program was devoted to an overview of the Watson system and its development, so only a few minutes were devoted to actual competition. However, even . . . → Read More: After first day on Jeopardy!, Watson is tied for lead |
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