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...t of the [[w:American Mathematical Society|American Mathematical Society]] from 1975 to 1976. ...erential geometry as surfaces of vanishing mean curvature. In gas dynamics the equation of minimal surfaces,<br> ...

...er things, the first construction of a [[w:Dowker space|Dowker space]] and the first proof of [[w:Nikiel's conjecture|Nikiel's conjecture]]. ...baum|S. Tennenbaum]] and others have shown that that it is consistent with the axioms of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory that Souslin's conjecture be either t ...

...nd a visiting senior research scholar at [[Princeton University]]. She won the 2019 [[w:Abel Prize|Abel Prize]]. ...s. However, these properties are all unstable under small perturbations of the metric, and are therefore rather misleading to one's intuition. ...

...|axiom of choice]] are [[w:independence (mathematical logic)|independent]] from [[w:Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory|Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory]], for which he ...re one regards mathematics as a formal game and one is only concerned with the question of consistency. ...

...n the “Left Coast” of this country. From Reals to Voudons, then, we extend the standard shorthand thus: <math>\mathbb R</math>, <math>\mathbb C</math>, <m ...Sand Mandalas, and Zero-Divisor Patterns in the 2ⁿ-ions Beyond the Sedenions | arxiv=math/0207003 | year=2002 | url=https://arxiv.org/abs/math ...

...and professor emeritus at Rutgers University. She was elected a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2013. ...ubstance. (Sometimes even the composition of the surface is different from the bulk; this occurs for instance in soapy water having an interface with air. ...

...the first popular presentation of the history of mathematics in the United States and his 1928 –1929 ''History of Mathematical Notations'' has been described ...], who had persisted in urging Sylvester to lecture on the modern algebra. The attempt to lecture on this subject led him into new investigations in quant ...

...ric model]] for [[w:Censoring (statistics)|censored]] dependent variables, the well-known [[w:Tobit model|Tobit model]]. ...for economic theory, mainly {{w|comparative statics}}, that can be derived from assuming that investors do in fact follow such rules. ...

...scussing a ''secondary'' [[language]] built on the ''primary'' language of the nervous system.]] [[File:John von neumann tomb 2004.jpg|thumb|right|You wake me up early in the [[morning]] to tell me that I'm right? Please wait until I'm [[wrong]].]] ...

...ical Society. Beginning in 1906 he was on the advisory board of physics at the Carnegie Institution in Washington state. He died in Providence, Rhode Isla :See also "[[The Mathematician in Modern Physics]]" ...

[[File:Benjamin Peirce 1857.jpg|thumb|right|[[Mathematics]] is the [[science]] which draws [[necessary]] conclusions.]] ...chanics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics. He was the father of [[Charles Sanders Peirce]]. ...

...it takes a century or more to weigh men and their discoveries, thus making the judgment of contemporaries often quite worthless. ...ith the higher developments of mathematical reasoning, are to have at hand the means of vitalizing all teaching of elementary mathematics. ...

...y]] (MIT), Founding Director of T. D. Lee Institute and Chief Scientist at the Wilczek Quantum Center, [[w:Shanghai Jiao Tong University|Shanghai Jiao Ton ...the fundamental laws of nature, that has transformed our understanding of the forces that govern our universe and revealed an inspiring vision of a world ...

...the [[uncertainty principle]]. He was Professor of Mathematical Physics at the California Institute of Technology and Princeton University. ...ich each physical unit—perhaps each nebula or intimate group of nebulae—is the only thing which exists within its own observable universe. ...

...ved research grants from [[Elon Musk]] to investigate {{w|existential risk from advanced artificial intelligence}}. * I believe that consciousness is the way information feels when being processed. ...

...ing in number theory that I can do, I certainly do it. But you see some of the problems in number theory are enormously difficult and many of these classi ...ight place at the right [[time]]. You should also have an open [[mind]] at the [[Kairos|right time]].]] ...

...] lived just like the [[animals]]. Then something happened which unleashed the [[power]] of our [[imagination]]. We [[learned]] to [[talk]] and we learned ...Centre for Theoretical Cosmology|Centre for Theoretical Cosmology]] within the [[University of Cambridge]]. ...

...t] a mysterious illusion of the intellect. ..It is an essential feature of the universe. ...las Martin, "Gerald J. Whitrow, 87, Author Of Philosophic Tomes on Time" ''The New York Times'' (June 27, 2000) ...

...branches of {{w|recreational mathematics}}, most notably the invention of the {{w|cellular automaton}} with {{w|Conway's Game of Life}}. ...rinceton University]] for the rest of his career. He died of complications from [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] at age 82. ...

...udy [[abstract algebra]] from an arithmetical viewpoint, and this remained the governing idea for all my later work.'' ...d Hermann Weyl" (Jan. 28, 2008) extended manuscript of a talk presented at the [[Hermann Weyl]] conference in Bielefeld, September 10, 2006. ...