Henri Cartan, a mathematician known for meticulous proofs and for inspiring a revival of mathematics in France after World War II, died in Paris on Aug. 13. He was 104.
The Euler Archive is an online resource for Leonhard Euler's original works and modern Euler scholarship. This dynamic library and database provides access to original publications, and references to available translations and current research.
Until two days back, the name, Alexandre Grothendieck, was vaguely familiar to me through my distant understanding of the mathematics he had done. I knew that he was responsible for a lot of upheavals in that field during the last century; other than that, Grothendieck remained very much outside the purview of my knowledge. Yesterday…
Writing a mathematical paper is both an act of recording mathematical content and a means of communication of one's work. In contrast with other types of writing, the style of math papers is incredibly rigid and resistant to even modest innovation. As a result, both goals suffer, sometimes immeasurably. The clarity suffers the most, which…