Database on PostDoc Problems

The Tau Manifesto

Sun, 24 Sep 2023 12:37:29 +0000

The Tau Manifesto is dedicated to one of the most important numbers in mathematics, perhaps the most important: the circle constant relating the circumference of a circle to its linear dimension. For millennia, the circle has been considered the most perfect of shapes, and the circle constant captures the geometry of the circle in a single number. Of course, the traditional choice for the circle constant is ($\pi$)—but, as mathematician Bob Palais notes in his delightful article “$\pi$ is Wrong!”, $\pi$ is wrong. It’s time to set things right.

The L-functions and modular forms database (LMFDB)

Sun, 24 Sep 2023 12:22:43 +0000

LMFDB Github

The LMFDB is a database of mathematical objects arising in number theory and arithmetic geometry that illustrates some of the mathematical connections predicted by the Langlands program.

I love this website. I don’t understand anything on it. But I’m amazed that this exists and I marvel at the amount of effort the writers must have put into making this happen. I’ve always thought that number theory is unique in how it manages to straddle the concrete and the abstract worlds so effortlessly. This website is a proof of this.