Monthly Archives: August 2019

Equiangular lines with a fixed angle and other breakthroughs from Yufei Zhao’s blog

Posted on August 19, 2019 by

Today I would like to report about some breakthroughs in the area of combinatorics, and about blog posts in Yufei Zhao’s blog that describe these remarkable results (better than I can). Many of the coauthors in these breakthroughs are undergraduate … Continue reading →

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Two Important Quantum Announcements!

Posted on August 9, 2019 by

I am very happy to announce two quantum events. First, I would like to announce a course “Computation, quantization, symplectic geometry, and information” in the first 2019/2020 semester  at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI). The course will by on … Continue reading →

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Avi Wigderson’s: “Integrating computational modeling, algorithms, and complexity into theories of nature, marks a new scientific revolution!” (An invitation for a discussion.)

Posted on August 4, 2019 by

  The cover of Avi Wigderson’s book “Mathematics and computation” as was first exposed to the public in Avi’s Knuth Prize videotaped lecture. (I had trouble with 3 of the words: What is EGDE L WONK 0?  what is GCAAG?GTAACTC … Continue reading →

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An interview with Noga Alon

Posted on August 1, 2019 by

Update: and here is a great interview of Noga in English and the interviewer is Narkis Alon, Noga’s youngest daughter and Amalya Duek. I was very happy to interview my academic doctoral  twin and long-time friend Noga Alon.  The interview … Continue reading →

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