I wrote a guide for undergraduate students who prepare to present their first math talk, for participants of the Polymath Jr Program and the NYC Discrete Math REU. I wanted to also share the guide here for two reasons: Click here for the pdf file. To the many friends who helped preparing this, THANK YOU! […]
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This month, my new book “Polynomial Methods and Incidence Geometry” is coming out. You can order it and find more information on the website of Cambridge University Press. This book aims to be an accessible introduction to the new polynomial methods and to incidence theory. For that reason, the book includes many examples, warm-up proofs, […]
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As part of some research project, I got to a basic question about multiplicative energy. Embarrassingly , I wasn’t able to get any non-trivial bound for it. Here is the problem. Any information about it would be highly appreciated. Problem. Let . Let be a set of real numbers. How large can the multiplicative energy […]
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These days, I’m spending a lot of time revising my book about polynomial methods and incidences (an older draft is available here). This led me to the following conclusion: I am not sure what classifies a proof as a polynomial method. A Wikipedia page states “… the polynomial method is an algebraic approach to combinatorics problems that involves […]
I used to ask most combinatorialists I met for their opinion about the level of various journals. With this feedback, I compiled a rough journal ranking for combinatorics papers (for personal use). This was a very educational experience for me as a new combinatorialist. I learned that different people have rather different opinions. For example, […]
I read a lot of “popular math” books. I also wrote about some in past posts. But I’ve never read a book similar to Mathematics for Human Flourishing by Francis Su. I already knew the math presented in this book and almost all other topics covered. I even knew some of Su’s personal stories from […]
Peter Winkler is a world expert on mathematical puzzles (he is also an excellent researcher and this year’s resident mathematician of the MoMath). I just learned about two things that he is currently up to. Winkler is running Mind-Benders for the Quarantined. After signing up to this free service, you receive a mathematical puzzle every […]
