Category Archives: Applied mathematics

Navier-Stokes Fluid Computers

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Gil Kalai

Smart fluid Terry Tao posted a very intriguing post on the Navier-Stokes equation, based on a recently uploaded paper Finite time blowup for an averaged three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation. The paper proved a remarkable negative answer for the regularity conjecture for a certain … Continue reading →

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QSTART

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Gil Kalai

  Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Foundations’ views on quantum information Inauguration conference for the Quantum Information Science Center (QISC), Hebrew university of Jerusalem Update: The news of our conference have made it to a big-league blog. Update (July 2013): QStart … Continue reading →

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A Really Nice Talk About PDE, Numerics (and Pyramids)

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Gil Kalai

My previous post recommended a really nice talk by Jonathan Israel about human rights. Here is the link again. It is very recommended. Actually, I was in the audience and after the lecture, at the reception,  I came to the … Continue reading →

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