Monthly Archives: June 2008

What do Firms Want?

Posted on June 6, 2008 by

Here is another little sectionette from my book review  ”Economics and Common Sense” on Steven Landsburg’s book “More sex is Safe Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics”, that just appeared on the AMS Notices site. Of course this topic can lead to a lovely … Continue reading →

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Powers of Euler Products and Han’s Marked Hook Formula

Posted on June 3, 2008 by

I heard from Dan Romik and Richard Stanley about a very exciting development in enumerative combinatorics. It is quite amazing how new uncharted sections of the gold mine of tableaux, hooks, partitions, and permutations are repeatedly being discovered. Guo-Niu HAN … Continue reading →

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Brush Up Your Björner:

Posted on June 2, 2008 by

      Just returning from a conference in Stockholm. BRUSH UP YOUR BJÖRNER (Cole Porter: Brush up your Shakespeare – new lyrics by Kimmo Eriksson) The girls today in society go for great mathematics, see. So to win their hearts … Continue reading →

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