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Math article project
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Dummit and Foote, Abstract Algebra
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Silverman and Tate, Rational Points on Elliptic Curves
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Conway, Functions of One Complex Variable I
Finished section 7.5 (27 to go)
Munkres, Topology
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Royden, Real Analysis
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Top 100 novels of all time
Reading Ulysses
IMDB top 250 films
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Vito Prosciutto: Teaching community college math on the road to a PhD.
Monday, May 16, 2005
07:44Great moments in journalism
When Wiles made the announcement it was celebrated around the world. In Chicago, for instance, mathematicians marched on the streets in euphoric celebration.From Andrew Wiles' letter to Escultura
Your work is incredible, I read all of it just yesterday and let me tell you I respect you. I am going to review all my ‘proof’ which I am sure is wrong (thanks to you!).And the money quote from Escultura himself:...
Also I’d like to have the address of the guy who let you get a PhD 30 years ago. I’d like to discuss few things with him. . .
Two of the axioms of the real number system are false, namely, the trichotomy and completeness axioms (the latter is a variant of the axiom of choice), counter examples to them were constructed by Brouwer and Banach-Tarski, respectively.
