Atomic objects, structures and concepts of mathematics
My new paper on my jornal/blog: A. Borovik, The tool/weapon duality of mathematics . Selected passages form Correspondence with Friends 13 no. 1 (2o25), 1-14. bit.ly/3HjjSwx Trigger Warning : This paper contains an honest description of the role of mathematics in history which could be emotionally challenging for some readers and lead to intrusive thoughts about the future of mathematics and the…
Lena Gorban, the wife of the mathematician Azat Miftakhov’s, has requested that mathematicians post this message on Azat’s birthday, which is March 21. This is his sixth birthday in prison in Dimitrovgrad, near Ulianovsk in Russia. The message has already been posted on several French websites, including this one . For more information on his case please see this website . Hello, this is Azat…
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Tony Gardiner died suddenly on 22 January 2024. He will be remembered as a national treasure, a man who made a unique contribution to the development of mathematics education in this country and internationally. Tony set up, and made significant contributions to the work of, the UK Mathematics Trust, which runs problem-solving challenges taken by over half a million students every year. Tony was…
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I'm afraid that the discussion of Artificial Intelligence ignores the main issue, and this is a global, existential issue, and this is a question of preserving the culture of mankind: very soon AI will be able to replace people in 60%, 70%, 90% of human "intellectual" activities, because these activities have been already purged of most intellectual content. An example: look at roles of people in…
I placed the two first lines of this famous John Donne's poem in my mathematics paper as an epigraph. This is the whole poem: No man is an Iland, intire of itselfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Manor of thy friends or of thine owne were; any mans death…
A letter to mathematics and computer science colleagues Dear Colleagues, Very recently I wrote to a few friends saying that I expected ChatGPT in its next version becoming able to solve every algebra and calculus problem in A Level (the end of school exams in England) and similar school exams in other countries. For that, ChatGPT simply should be shown how to identify what looks as an algebraic,…
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Mathematicians wish Azat a Happy Birthday Post author By caseazatmiftakhov Post date March 19, 2023 No Comments span