100th blog!
Thank you On this 100th blog posting, I begin by giving a huge thank you to all the readers of The Intrepid Mathematician. As any blogger will tell you, we thrive on readership. I’ve had about 34,800 hits so far and am thrilled with the response. Please keep visiting and commenting, and share my posts…
Wanted: your math stories
A quilt of mathematics Our lives can be viewed as quilts, each piece representing a story in a larger narrative. Embedded in the quilt is the story of our educational experience: a great or bad teacher, a positive or negative experience with a subject, an insight or a setback. Mathematics is a part of all of…
Setting goals as a mathematician
I finished my eighth half marathon last weekend. Since I started running in 2004, I finished six marathons and several 10k and 5k races. I enjoy running longer distances. Although I’m not a competitive runner, I am proud of my running achievements. Running gives me time to think. Mathematical proofs have popped into my head…
Interview with a mathematician: Nassif Ghoussoub
Nassif Ghoussoub is the founder and current director of the Banff International Research Station, the founding director of the Pacific Institute of Mathematics, and the co-founder of MITACS NCE. On top of all that, he is an award-winning mathematician, whose most recent work focuses on differential equations and mass transport theory. I met Nassif when he…