One of the great joys of my adult life has been realizing that I can just pick up a new skill every so often, take a fun little class in it weekly for a year or two, and simply enjoy meeting people and getting medium proficient and not attempting to become professional in it at all!

It is not correct, that mathematicians have not weighed in. Here's for example an interview with Francesco Fournier-Facio (Cambridge) on the non-sofic groups. share.google/skdtcxZutEYd...

OpenAI announces that "non-sofic groups exist"

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iMathTutor®@imathtutor.bsky.social · yesterday

No independent mathematicians have weighed in on these claim yet. #mathematics #math #ArtificialIntelligence #AI Source:https://buff.ly/q5RxYc8

From quantum physics to robotics, Lie groups are invaluable to science and engineering. Now, a new collaboration led by Yale University's Yair Minsky is merging representation theory, geometry & randomness to reveal new insights into the mathematical structures: https://bit.ly/4z1zz1K #math #physics

New Simons Collaboration Will Explore Discrete Subgroups of Lie Groups

Mathematician Yair Minsky will direct a Simons Foundation collaboration studying the mathematical structures, which are invaluable to modern physics.

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Hab auf Insta jetzt mehrmals den „Tipp“ für Studis gesehen, die Vorlesung aufzunehmen, weil man ja unmöglich alles mitschreiben könne, & sich dann von 1 Chatbot die wichtigsten Infos daraus geben zu lassen. Leute. Dafür bräuchtet ihr die Erlaubnis der Lehrperson. Ohne dürft ihr NICHTS aufnehmen.

Hi Blue Sky! I edit the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics. We publish articles, essays, #fiction & #poetry on doing, teaching & living #mathematics. We've had more than 900K full-text downloads of our content - why not check us out? scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/ #math #openaccess #mathart #mathjoy

this is pretty wild, #iTeachMath + #MathSky ♾️ i include below a screenshot of the Abstract the first result concerns work by Henry Cohn, who finished his 3 weeks of lecturing at PROMYS (Boston Univ.) yesterday. some good reading material for his flight back to PROMYS UK! openai.com/index/ten-ad...

David Jekel@davidjekel.myatproto.social · 5d ago

Open AI has published some new mathematical results, solving some important conjectures: cdn.openai.com/pdf/ten-proo...

So yeah, this remains true in the age of AI as it has always been: as Euclid (probably apocryphally) said to King Ptolemy I, “there is no royal road to geometry”. You can't just buy your way into being a mathematician with a 200$/month “pro” subscription: you need work … •15/16

The role of a conjecture in math is not just a question seeking for an answer. It's a bit like a moon shining light onto a piece of nature and wildlife to be explored.

Gro-Tsen@gro-tsen.bsky.social · 4d ago

If you don't understand why solving problems can destroy the opportunity for gaining knowledge, read this thread. 🔽 These problems (as all others in math) were only of interest insofar as they were a proximate goal designed for human understanding: now this can no longer come.

OpenAI: "yes, nonsofic groups exist: this statement is one of many new beautiful results proved by Astra, our next major model We're releasing 10 such Astra proofs...results are wide-ranging, from von Neumann algebras to better bounds for high dimensional sphere packing" openai.com/index/ten-ad...

This is probably evident from my work - but I like to struggle and I think it’s the most important thing. It teaches us everything. We struggle, we make discoveries, and we surprise ourselves along the way…

Der Untergang kann warten versteht sich als Gebrauchsanweisung für die Gegenwart. Die Inhalte sollen nicht nur gelesen, sondern auch angewendet werden. Deshalb gibt es auf meiner Homepage psychologische Materialien zum Buch zum kostenlosen Download, mit denen ihr die Theorie umsetzen könnt.

"Wenn sie kein Brot haben sollen sie doch Kuchen essen" - so kann man es auch sagen 👇 Löst aber nicht das Problem, dass vielfach die Miete deutlich über 50% des Einkommens ausmacht und finanzielle Not erzeugt.

Rüdiger Beckmann@pixelwelten.eurosky.social · last wk.

ich doofnuss habs wieder nich zuende gedacht. danke @zeit.de für am limit journalen wieder

🌈 ich verlose 6 x ULTRAMARIN unter allen, die an die queere jugendorga lambda spenden und mir bis zum 15.08. ihre spendenquittung schicken 🌈 jeder betrag zählt, ihr könnt ihn auch schwärzen. auf wunsch bekommt ihr das buch mit widmung. hier findet ihr infos zum spenden lambdaspace.de/lambda-retten/

English Version of "How to read Mathematics?" on the ArXiv now: arxiv.org/abs/2607.24136 German Version here: web.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de/ggt/schwer #math #teaching #highereducation #mathematics #mathsky

How to read Mathematics? A study guide

Reading a math textbook isn't like reading a novel. You've probably already figured that out on your own. But how *do* you read mathematical texts? And how can you actually learn from a book or lectur...

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Petra Schwer@petraschwer.bsky.social · 2w ago

You aim to understand a mathematical text all by yourself? I finally made an English version of my users guide on "How to read math?" You might want to download it here: web.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de/media/How_To... #math #readingmath #mathematics #matheducation #science #mathsky

„Ich werde jetzt einen Präzedenzfall dafür schaffen, dass wir endlich mit diesem Neutralitätsnarrativ aufräumen“, erklärt ein mutiger Lehrer aus Sachsen-Anhalt, der im Unterricht die AfD kritisiert und dafür jetzt sogar vor Gericht zieht. Es gibt keine Neutralitätspflicht gegenüber Rechtsextremen!

(S+) Wie der Lehrer Max Heckel gegen die AfD kämpft: »Es gibt keinen Mittelweg. Man muss Widerstand leisten«

Max Heckel kritisierte vor Schülern die AfD und wurde abgemahnt. Der Lehrer aus Sachsen-Anhalt wehrt sich dagegen. Ausgerechnet die Frau des AfD-Spitzenkandidaten im Land ist seine Kollegin.

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Here are some: * Dobble * Set * Can't stop * Einsteins Insel * Switch and Signal * Kingdomino (which is NP-hard!!) * Robo Turtles Which ones do you know? 2/2 #math #mathsky #mathematics #boardgames

Petra Schwer@petraschwer.bsky.social · last wk.

There are boardgames out there based on mathematical statements. Others have mechanism strongly tied to math or theoretical computer science. 1/2 #math #boardgames #brettspiele #mathematics

There are boardgames out there based on mathematical statements. Others have mechanism strongly tied to math or theoretical computer science. 1/2 #math #boardgames #brettspiele #mathematics

„Es gibt keinen Mittelweg. Man muss Widerstand leisten.“ Abmahnung für einen Lehrer nach Diskussion über die AfD. Max Heckel zieht vor Gericht. 💪👍

„Ich werde jetzt einen Präzedenzfall dafür schaffen, dass Lehrer sich im Unterricht gegen Rechtsextremismus positionieren dürfen“ - News4teachers

STENDAL. Der Fall des Lehrers Max Heckel entwickelt sich zunehmend zu einem Grundsatzstreit über den demokratischen Bildungsauftrag an Schulen. Nachdem

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While the Fields Medal celebrates the under-40s, the mathematician Joan Birman has, at the age of 99, solved a major open problem in representations of the Braid groups, a topic she has worked on for more than 60 years.

This is exciting news! Many years ago I also briefly looked at this problem.

Greg Egan@gregegansf.bsky.social · last wk.

“The Burau representation of the braid group is faithful for n = 4” Vasudha Bharathram, Joan S. Birman, Tara E. Brendle arxiv.org/abs/2607.05283 I learned this from: www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-... See also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braid_g... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burau_r...

"What It Means to Be a Mathematician When AI Does the Math" spectrum.ieee.org/ai-in-mathem...

What it Means to Be a Mathematician When AI Does the Math

Researchers debate motivation, purpose, and the field’s future

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Like a breath of fresh air. Hugo Duminil-Copin stance on AI in math.

“Nature has learnt that the NSF has now pulled back $300 million from two of its divisions: mathematics and physical sciences, and computer and information science and engineering.” It seems the money is being used to fund AI ‘grand challenges’. If you’re sure AI can ‘solve maths’ this is sensible.

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2w ago

Oh yeah, and if Kratsios gets his way the US government won't fund life science research or universities anyway. Nature story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Kannst du dir nicht ausdenken... Wenn das so weitergeht sind all die Schreibenden beim Postillon bald arbeitslos.

Hagen Blix@hagenblix.bsky.social · last mo.

Literally the government mandating that LLMs must be allowed in Academic exams etc 🤷 (Strongly doubt that this is even constitutional in Germany, but well, here's the madness) www.br.de/nachrichten/...

What happens to beauty, truth, and proof when the prover isn't a person? Join hosts @stevenstrogatz.com and @jannalevinastro.bsky.social tomorrow for a discussion on AI and math in a special live recording of The Joy of Why podcast at #ICM2026. Reserve your spot: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-joy-of...

At the panel on “AI for Mathematics”, the top rated question from the audience is “Do you expect fewer young people to pursue mathematics in the coming years? What advice would you give to students considering whether to pursue PhDs in math?” (from Joshua Wang) #ICM2026

You aim to understand a mathematical text all by yourself? I finally made an English version of my users guide on "How to read math?" You might want to download it here: web.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de/media/How_To... #math #readingmath #mathematics #matheducation #science #mathsky

You aim to understand a mathematical text all by yourself? I finally made an English version of my users guide on "How to read math?" You might want to download it here: web.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de/media/How_To... #math #readingmath #mathematics #matheducation #science #mathsky

Ja, aber nachts um halb drei, besoffen und mit dem Lötkolben