[FRIAM] Simplifying networks and matrixes

2021-12-11 Thread Eric Charles
I obviously can't deep dive into this, but it seems like the type of thing that gets people at FRIAM interested 62 year old problem solved... https://a//www.dailyo.in/technology/indian-mathematician-cracks-1959-problem-and-ramanujan-graphs/story/1/34929.html *THE 1959 KADISON-SINGER PROBLEM

Re: [FRIAM] So who needs math?

2021-12-11 Thread Frank Wimberly
Dave, After searching for a couple of minutes I can't find the link.to the curriculum guide. Can you post it again? --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 4:40 PM Prof David West wrote: > I posted on the "woke math" movem

Re: [FRIAM] So who needs math?

2021-12-11 Thread Jon Zingale
FWIW, I mostly think of mathematics as living somewhere between fine art and liberal art. To the extent that mathematical structures are things, I enjoy comparing them, finding analogies between them, and describing the world with them. I prefer to leave *answers* to the scientists and instead cont

Re: [FRIAM] So who needs math?

2021-12-11 Thread Prof David West
I posted on the "woke math" movement a couple of months ago with a link to the curriculum guide. Stating that there is a single answer to a math problem is "white" and therefore "racist." The Scientific Method is "white" and therefore "racist." It is an interesting document, albeit quite long. I

Re: [FRIAM] So who needs math?

2021-12-11 Thread Frank Wimberly
ಠ‿ಠ --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 3:25 PM Tom Johnson wrote: > Hundreds of college professors blast ‘woke’ math movement > https://bit.ly/3pHELEU > > -- > > Tom Johnson

[FRIAM] So who needs math?

2021-12-11 Thread Tom Johnson
Hundreds of college professors blast ‘woke’ math movement https://bit.ly/3pHELEU -- Tom Johnson - t...@jtjohnson.com Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA 505.577.6482(c)505.473.9646(h) *NM Foun

Re: [FRIAM] arg!

2021-12-11 Thread Steve Smith
On 12/11/21 9:54 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: Guys, wake up!   The mask controversy is just a distraction from the birds. Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory. - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Re: [FRIAM] arg!

2021-12-11 Thread Marcus Daniels
Guys, wake up! The mask controversy is just a distraction from the birds. Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory. - The New York Times (nytimes.com) From:

Re: [FRIAM] arg!

2021-12-11 Thread Steve Smith
Gil- I like wearing masks, can be a caveman, imp, elf, or zombie or yes even a klingon lol. Wow, you have better masks than I do. My brown bandana rides my neck everytime I leave home "just in case" and I have a box of surgical-styles in my vehicle as well as (sometimes) a hand-sewn native-a