Trying to share the joy of mathematics, its history & interesting problems. You can see my math/physics stamp collection: instagram.com/mathphilately
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Fascinating article about Navier-Stokes solution and what mathematicians have learned … “so far humanity has learned very little from the solution. Although they believe the proof to be technically correct, the dense, 166-page manuscript drafted by AI is proving to be a difficult read. "So far it's been very difficult to really extract any human understanding from this new AI proof," said James Maynard, a mathematician at the University of Oxford. The paper is not written for humans," said Javier Gómez-Serrano, a mathematician at Brown University who uses AI in his own research. He said he believes the proof could help advance the field after "some serious re-writing," but "as of today, the paper doesn't teach us much."”
npr.org/2026/09/22/nx-s1-596…
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Happy Birthday to Mikhail Vasilevich Ostrogradski … September 24, 1801. Ostrogradski worked on hydrodynamics, elasticity, heat and electricity.
See more: mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.u…
His stamp: instagram.com/p/CrJ4h-1rVZW/…
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For those interested, I thought it might be nice to share my weekly stamp post from Instagram.
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Interesting take on things … “If math is more than proof, then we need to better celebrate the rest of it.”
terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/…
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Exactly …
The important question is not: How much faster can AI prove theorems?
It is: What happens to mathematics when theorem production becomes much faster than mathematicians can absorb it?
medium.com/@ganeshonline6/te…
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On September 20, 1996 Paul Erdős left.
Here are some great books for the general audience (students, too!) about Erdős …
•“The Man Who Loved Only Numbers” by Paul Hoffman.
•“My Brain is Open” by Bruce Schechter
•“The Boy Who Loved Math” by Deborah Heiligman
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For those interested … While on the theme of touring Princeton Cemetery, I also stopped by Gödel’s house. It’s a private residence so I respected their privacy … no picture. Rutgers University Math Dept has a website dedicated to the homes of famous mathematical residents titled “From Genius to Genius: A Walking Tour in Princeton” by Hadas Zeilberger.
sites.math.rutgers.edu/~zeil…
@RutgersSASMPS @AlexKontorovich
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Stopped by the Princeton Cemetery today to pay my respects … sadly von Neumann’s stone needs some help! Rutgers University Math Dept has a list of graves if you are interested …
sites.math.rutgers.edu/~zeil…
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Something fun from the Princeton Tiger @tigermagazine …
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Clay Mathematics Institute … Navier-Stokes Announcement …
claymath.org/news/navier-sto…
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Interesting take on AI in mathematics from Fields Medalist James Maynard …
piped.video/shorts/R9VQnNv5S…
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From Terry Tao … “A Severe Misalignment of Al in Mathematics” …
terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/…
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Great video … “The paradox at the heart of AI and science” with Terence Tao …
piped.video/svl_1upFpQo?si=LCeG… via @YouTube
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Sadly still no traditional proof … but a great read for motivated math students … “The Four-Color Theorem Gets a Rare New Proof”
quantamagazine.org/the-four-…
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“AI Has Solved One of Math’s $1 Million Millennium Prize Problems … Mathematicians at OpenAI showed that the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe how fluids flow, can sometimes “blow up.” But the massive result is not without controversy.”
quantamagazine.org/ai-has-so…
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AI has created the classic “Catch-22” …
Fields Medalist Terence Tao:
"AI lets us create scientific output much faster, but it could come at the cost of nurturing the next generation of scientists"
If AIs replace grad students, they may produce grad-student-level papers — but we risk losing the next generation of scientists
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Great video for the non-mathematician from Nicholas Thompson at @TheAtlantic on the current state of mathematics in the age of AI …
piped.video/shorts/F_WmEXQfp…
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Great interview with Terry Tao on “Mathematics, AI and the Future of Discovery” (and a little biographical, too!) at the Asian American Scholar Forum. @AASForumOrg
piped.video/TtOMM8HrT64?is=aCBQ…
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Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on Universal Statistics in Number Theory … “The new collaboration will explore randomness and correlations in number theory, tackling problems related to the Riemann zeta function, prime numbers and other major questions in the field.”
simonsfoundation.org/2026/08…
@SimonsFdn
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