Some of the math bits from week #19 of Donald Trump’s attempted lockdown of democracy:
1) The latest Carnival of Math is ready to entertain and elucidate you here:
2) Lie groups, E8, and communicating cutting edge math to the public:
3) Squared squares from Numberphile and James Grime:
4) An intro to Zipf’s Law:
5) A new social media (“Mathstodon”), specifically for math buffs:
6) “statistical evidence for research misconduct,” via Andrew Gelman:
7) Here’s another review of what is so far my favorite popular math volume of the year:
8) Mathematics and the real world of near-misses (yet another fun read from Evelyn Lamb):
Potpourri BONUS! (extra NON-mathematical links of interest):
1) The always-interesting physicist Brian Greene with Krista Tippett on “On Being” last week:
2) Some heavy discussion from Scott Aaronson and a sh*tLOAD of commenters on reductionism/causation/emergence:
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