Tag Archives: Alef’s corner

Physics Related News: Israel Joining CERN, Pugwash and Global Zero, The Replication Crisis, and MAX the Damon.

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Gil Kalai

(Click to enlarge.) Plan for this post: Prologue: “Can we sleep soundly at night?” Meeting Ephraim Halevi (former head of the Israeli Mossad) in 2007. Israel and CERN, an evening in honor of Eliezer Rabinovici: The story of how Israel … Continue reading →

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Alef Corner: Deep Learning 2020, 2030, 2040

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Gil Kalai

Deep learning 2020 Deep learning 2030 Deep learning 2040

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Alef’s Corner: Democracy (Israel, 2023)

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Gil Kalai

Democracy in Hebrew is דמוקרטיה represented by the letter “dalet” ד

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Alef’s Corner

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Gil Kalai

 

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Alef’s Corner: “It won’t work, sorry”

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Gil Kalai

Alef thanks Nicolas Curien for the triangulation. Click here for other posts with Alef’s art.

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Ehud Friedgut: How many cubes of 2×2×2 fit into a box of size 8×4×3? (TYI 49)

Posted on February 16, 2022 by Gil Kalai

This blog post is kindly written by Ehud Friedgut. My daughter, Shiri, who’s in seventh grade, had the following question in a math exam: How many cubes of 2×2×2 fit into a box of size 8×4×3? Shiri divided the volumes, … Continue reading →

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To cheer you up in difficult times 35 combined with Test Your Intuition 48: Alef’s corner – Jazz and Math

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Gil Kalai

Test your intuition: What is the true title of this drawing?

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ICM 2018 Rio (5) Assaf Naor, Geordie Williamson and Christian Lubich

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Gil Kalai

This is my fifth and last report from ICM 2018 at Rio. I will talk a little about the three Wednesday plenary talks by Assaf Naor, Geordie Williamson, and Christian Lubich. See here for other posts about ICM2018. (For the … Continue reading →

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Alef’s Corner: QED (two versions)

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Gil Kalai

QED:  Version 2    

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Alef’s corner: Mathematical research

Posted on August 14, 2021 by Gil Kalai
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