Mathematical Musings, Memorabilia and Personalities

[mfgoode]

Recent experiences of mine have prompted me to enter this post.

An exhibition of the various species of crabs was held in the exotic island of Mauritius in the Indian ocean.
Numerous countries were invited to send in their specimens.
Renowned world eperts on the subject attended to study the behaviour and classification of the crabs. Perhaps some hitherto unknown specimens or behaviour may come to light ?
The instructions were to house the crabs in large transparent jars with wide mouths and covers.
As the experts moved around they noticed one peculiarity.
The Indian delegation presented large jars with wide mouths but no covers!
When they were asked " Aren't you afraid that these rare crabs may crawl up to escape ?"
They answered "No way! No dice!. When one crab crawls up to reach the top there are ten others pulling him down!"
The same plight applies to most Indian mathematicians today.
The last Indian star that ascended the Interantional mathematical horizon was Ramanujan about a century ago and that too it was the distinguished English Mathematician G.H. Hardy who pulled him "out of the jar".
The remanant are still basking in the glory of his light!
Mally

[xilman]

Originally Posted by mfgoode

The same plight applies to most Indian mathematicians today.
The last Indian star that ascended the Interantional mathematical horizon was Ramanujan about a century ago and that too it was the distinguished English Mathematician G.H. Hardy who pulled him "out of the jar".
The remanant are still basking in the glory of his light!
Mally

One word: AKS.

Ok, that's really one TLA and represents three Indian mathematicians.

I'm sure there are more.


Paul

[mfgoode]

Originally Posted by xilman

One word: AKS.

Ok, that's really one TLA and represents three Indian mathematicians.

I'm sure there are more.


Paul

Thanks Paul.
Do you mean ancient or 20th century after Ramanujan?
Mally.

[T.Rex]

Yes, I'm sure Bill Gates wanted to say the correct thing. But it's funny that the readers of the draft versions of the book did not find the mistake.
By the way, did you know that a Public Key System was designed (long time ago, 1988 ?) on the Lucas Functions in order to fix a weakness of the RSA system: LUC by P.J. Smith and M.J.J. Lennon ?
Tony

Depends on how you compile it's syntax.
The sentence can read just fine.

Developing factors of a mathematical breakthrough, resulting in prime numbers. Rather than factors of the prime.

[T.Rex]

Huuum,
English is not my native language, but I guess the correct sentence should be:
"The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large numbers into primes."
Tony

[mfgoode]

Paul. this should be easy for you.

crtcs---------FlA [English]

similia similibus curantur [principle of Homoeopathy]
semper fidelis

Mally

[mfgoode]

This book is written is written By Marcus du Sautoy, professor of maths at the Univ. Of Oxford and research Fellow of the Royal Society.

I had the good fortune to acquire a copy in paper back recently. It has been Named One of the best books of the year(2004) by The Economist, The Times, The Guardian and the Times Literary Supplement.

After reading the 1st 3 chapters I sincerely believe it should be read by every member of GIMPS. It provides an amazing journey into the wonderful universe of primes and the Riemann Hypothesis right up to date.

It is truly exceptional from previous books on the subject. It will draw even the reader normally indifferent deep into the adventure of Mathematics
Every para over flows with knowledge and information. Once started its hard to put down
Good reading!,

Mally

[ET_]

Originally Posted by mfgoode

This book is written is written By Marcus du Sautoy, professor of maths at the Univ. Of Oxford and research Fellow of the Royal Society.

I've read it last month, and showed to my friends.
It's better than a spy-story, more intriguing than a thriller, and still poetry and music flow through its pages.

While reading it, I also bought "Prime obsession" from John Derbyshire, but am afraid to start reading it after the previous "music".

And today I received "the Riesel" from Amazon. I'm so happy!!!

Luigi

BTW, if physics attract you as mathematics, you should not miss "Hyperspace"by Michio Kaku.

[mfgoode]

Originally Posted by ET_

I've read it last month, and showed to my friends.
It's better than a spy-story, more intriguing than a thriller, and still poetry and music flow through its pages.

While reading it, I also bought "Prime obsession" from John Derbyshire, but am afraid to start reading it after the previous "music".

And today I received "the Riesel" from Amazon. I'm so happy!!!

Luigi

BTW, if physics attract you as mathematics, you should not miss "Hyperspace"by Michio Kaku.

:smile
Thank you Luigi, I will take the tip and order "Prime Obsession" by John Derbyshire.

However I could not get any details of the Book (?) "The Riesel" on Amazon. .One of our regd users or moderators has also mentioned it recently.
Could you kindly give me the ISBN so I can track it down?
Thanking you,
Mally

[ET_]

Originally Posted by mfgoode

I could not get any details of the Book (?) "The Riesel" on Amazon. .One of our regd users or moderators has also mentioned it recently.
Could you kindly give me the ISBN so I can track it down?
Thanking you,
Mally

Sure!

Hans Riesel, "Prime Numbers and Computer methods for Factorization" 2nd edition, Birkhauser.

Birkhauser ISBN: 0-8176-3743-5
Boston-Basel-Berlin ISBN: 3-7643-3743-5

And here's the Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books

HTH Enjoy it!

Luigi