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#### Math Blog and how to write math equations using LaTeX $latex...$

Math Blog and how to write math equations using LaTeX $latex…$

WordPress.com supports LaTeX, a document markup language for the TeX typesetting system, which is used widely in academia as a way to format mathematical formulas and equations. 830 more words

#### Riemann Hypothesis is back in news

For details, visit Terence Tao’s blog: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/

Here is a nice discussion thread from Reddit

Problem Solving

#### Terence Tao Numberphile

Among current mathematicians, many people regard Professor Tao as the world’s finest… Opinions on such things vary, of course. Professor Tao kindly fielded some of our questions, including many submitted by Numberphile viewers. 13 more words

Math

#### 3... 2... 1 ... Procrastinate!

I could have been as rich as Bill Gates or as famous as Beyonce or as intelligent as Terence Tao (I swear I did not google the most intelligent person on Earth… 385 more words

My Forte: Procrastination

#### When the intuition is correct

Before starting college I read Paul Zeitz’s The Art and Craft of Problem Solving (a must read book along with the books by Arthur Engel… 189 more words

Problem Solving

#### The drawbacks of genius

I find the reality of mathematical research today—in which progress is obtained naturally and cumulatively as a consequence of hard work, directed by intuition, literature, and a bit of luck—to be far more satisfying than the romantic image that I had as a student of mathematics being advanced primarily by the mystic inspirations of some rare breed of “geniuses.” This “cult of genius” in fact causes a number of problems, since nobody is able to produce these (very rare) inspirations on anything approaching a regular basis, and with reliably consistent correctness…

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