LLMs Are Currently Not Helpful at All for Math Research: Hamkins

https://officechai.com/ai/llms-are-currently-not-helpful-at-all-for-math-research-give-garbage-answers-mathematician-joel-david-hamkins/

#HackerNews #LLMs #MathResearch #Hamkins #AIChallenges #MachineLearning

You: are a woman or gender minority who's curious about the #mathematics of waves 🌊 👋

You: would like to spend a life-changing week at Princeton IAS this May, for a lecture series on Waves, Wave Packets, and Their Interactions
Me: has good news! Apply by ⏰ Feb 6 for the Women and Mathematics program.

https://www.ias.edu/math/wam/wam-2026

Travel, food, lodging, and childcare are funded. Undergrads, grad students, and faculty are all eligible—there are two parallel tracks! #MathResearch #MathCommunity #MathPhysics

Almost all Collatz orbits attain almost bounded values

https://mathvideos.org/2023/terence-tao-almost-all-collatz-orbits-attain-almost-bounded-values/

#HackerNews #CollatzConjecture #Mathematics #TerenceTao #BoundedValues #MathResearch

Last Thursday July 17th our colleague Victor Mañosa presented our Research group at the Research Day of the Math Department at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya!

We keep doing research!

#dynamical_systems #MathResearch #TeamWorking

Graduate Student Solves Classic Problem About the Limits of Addition

https://www.quantamagazine.org/graduate-student-solves-classic-problem-about-the-limits-of-addition-20250522/

#HackerNews #GraduateStudent #LimitsOfAddition #MathResearch #ProblemSolving #Innovation

A Formal Proof of Complexity Bounds on Diophantine Equations

https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.16963

#HackerNews #FormalProof #ComplexityBounds #DiophantineEquations #MathResearch #arXiv

New account, so new #introduction. Let's do it again!

I have a #MastersDegree in #ComputerScience and #ComputerEngineering. I went to #NMU for undergrad and #MSU for my graduate degree. I currently work at #UChicago for the #TMWCenter, which focuses on helping young children acquire language (and therefore other learning skills) faster.

In my spare time, I develop #OpenSourceSoftware such as
- a #SphinxDoc extension that embed #Fediverse comments on your page
- a library to talk to #ManifoldMarkets from native #Python
- a #PredictionMarket manager using the above
- a #transpiler from a subset of Python to #OpenStreetMaps's #OverpassQL
- bug fixes to many other projects, including #mypy, #base58, #attrs, #CPython, & more

I spend a fair bit of my time these days on #MathResearch, specifically into the #ThueMorse Sequence and its extensions.

I'm also a hobbyist editor on OpenStreetMap.

#Demisexual, #transfem, and happily engaged to my #enby sweetheart.

We have two cats: #OpheTheLoaf and #MayalaranTheCat (yes, from #StormlightArchive) See here for more on them!

I speak English fluently, Spanish haltingly, and am trying to learn Chinese

#queer #Chicago

Oh dang, my #introduction post is waaay out of date now. Let's do it again!

I have a #MastersDegree in #ComputerScience and #ComputerEngineering. I went to #NMU for undergrad and #MSU for my graduate degree. I currently work at #UChicago for the #TMWCenter, which focuses on helping young children acquire language (and therefore other learning skills) faster.

In my spare time, I develop #OpenSourceSoftware such as

• a library to talk to #ManifoldMarkets from native #Python
• a #PredictionMarket manager using the above
• a #transpiler from a subset of Python to #OpenStreetMaps's #OverpassQL
• bug fixes to many other projects, including #mypy, #base58, #attrs, #CPython, & more

I spend a fair bit of my time these days on #MathResearch, specifically into the #ThueMorse Sequence and its extensions.

I'm also a hobbyist editor on OpenStreetMap.

#Demisexual, #transfem, and happily engaged to my #enby sweetheart.

We have two cats: #OpheTheLoaf and #MayalaranTheCat (yes, from #StormlightArchive)

#queer #Chicago

📚 Out now: 10th MaRDI Newsletter about the Four-Color Theorem 🍂

The four-color theorem has a fascinating history and highlights how research data became relevant in mathematics. Explore this and much more in our 10th #MaRDI newsletter!

👉 Read here: https://www.mardi4nfdi.de/community/newsletter

#MathResearch #DataScience #ResearchData #MathData #mathRD #mardi

Jean-Pierre Serre (Fields Medal 1954) debunked the 'curse of the Fields Medal' myth: 97% of his papers were published during the 70 years (!) after he won it.

Jean-Pierre Serre exemplifies the importance of inner drive and passion in achieving excellence. His dedication to mathematics, driven by a deep love for the subject rather than a quest for accolades or external awards, is an inspiring reminder that true fulfillment and success come from following one's passions.

For individuals like Jean-Pierre Serre, external awards become secondary to their intrinsic motivation and passion for their work. Their primary satisfaction comes from the pursuit of knowledge and the joy of discovery, making external recognition a mere byproduct rather than the goal.
#JeanPierre #JeanPierreSerre #FieldsMedal #FieldsMedalist #Myth #MythDebunked #Debunked #Mathematics #Math #Maths #Papers #Research #MathResearch