Recently there’s been something of an explosion of mathematical videos. Not only are there “popular math”-type videos (e.g. Vi Hart‘s videos on hexaflexagons and much more), the Simons Foundation has been posting a series of interviews with Deligne, Manin, and others, and more and more conferences are now recorded, such as the introductory workshop “Cluster Algebras and Commutative Algebra” at MSRI in August, and many many lectures of interest at BIRS in Banff (examples 1, 2, 3). These videos are great resources for the community, particular grad students and postdocs. You can “virtually” attend a conference today! Thanks to Irena Peeva for the prompt.
Month: November 2012
Michigan Tech
The following tenure-track position is being advertised at Michigan Tech:
https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/4218
The preferred area is enumerative combinatorics, but all qualified candidates in related areas (e.g., algebraic combinatorics and combinatorial commutative algebra) are encouraged to apply.
Shreeram Abhyankar, 1930–2012
We’re saddened to announce that Shreeram S. Abhyankar passed away at his home on November 2. Abhyankar was a giant of twentieth-century mathematics, making deep contributions to algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, group theory, and combinatorics. He will be missed.
Cornell workshop on Syzygies
Irena Peeva is organizing a Workshop on Syzygies at Cornell University, Nov. 9-11 2012.
Speakers:
- David Berlekamp
- Anna Bertiger
- Adam Boocher
- Jesse Burke
- Kai Fong Ernest Chong
- David Cook II
- Branden Stone
- Alessandro De Stefani
- Daniel Erman
- Ines B Henriques
- Kristine Jones
- Jeffrey Mermin
- Alexandra Seceleanu
- Alexandre Tchernev
- Xin Zhou