Mathematicians' perspective on problem solving is not unique to us. The following is from At home in the world by Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh: "One day when I was a child, I looked into the large clay water jar in the front yard that we used for collecting water and I saw a very…

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01.01.2025

Happy (20+25)*(20+25) | Peter Cameron's Blog

Happy new year! 2025 is the square of a triangular number, somethiing that won't happen again for a thousand years (literally). Indeed, the square of the triangle is an interesting graph, being one of only two finite homogeneous graphs (the other is the pentagon). Indeed, I don't have to say whether I mean the Cartesian…

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03.01.2025

Lecturing fee | Peter Cameron's Blog

In her memoir about her father André, the famous mathematician, and her aunt Simone, the even more famous saint, Sophie Weil says the following: My father often said that Jews could be divided into two categories: merchants or rabbis. Naturally he classified himself, along with his sister, in the latter category, shich did not keep…

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13.01.2025

Conference in Evora | Peter Cameron's Blog

Take a look at this web page. Put the dates in your diary, and please come if you possibly can!

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