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The goal is to encourage people to approach mathematics in a fashion that makes it accessible. In order to do this, we're going to need a few basic rules.
- Try to be on topic.
- Be civil.
- No drama.
Pretty simple, huh? Yeah... I reduced them to the lowest common denominator. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Off-topic is tolerated to some extent. Submissions should all be about mathematics, or clearly relate to mathematics. However, once you get into the comments section, it's a much looser standard. Discourse is encouraged, so long as civility is maintained. Good conversations tend to meander around topics and that's perfectly acceptable.
If you do vote, concentrate on promoting content and not downvoting content. Encourage and comment, if you see something that could use improvement. Downvotes don't convey very much information and aren't really helpful. If you must, you must... But try to assume the person making the post was just communicating poorly. Try to assume the best possible interpretation of their post.
Some terms:
- WDT Weekly Discussion Thread
Greek Alphabet:
Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ/ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
Hebrew Alphabet:
א ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט י כ/ך ל מ/ם נ/ן ס ע פ/ף צ/ץ ק ר ש ת
Other common symbols:
¬ → ⇒ ⇔ ∀ ∂ ∃ ∅ ∇ ∈ ∉ √ ∞ ∧ ∨ ∩ ∪ ⊕ ∫ ≈ ≠ ≡ ≤ ≥ ⊆ ⊂ ⊃ ⊄ ° ± · × ⟌ ÷ ⌊ ⌋ ⌈ ⌉ ➀ ℤ ℕ ℙ ℚ ℝ ℂ ℍ ℭ
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[–] cdinvb 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
And then there's Ivar Ekeland, if you are interested in a curious survey. The Broken Dice, and other titles. I had no exposure to cryptography, just the engineering/science sequence that I'd started b/c I was reading about how thinking about Nature changed from the time of Galileo to, say, 1800. Newton's "I do not feign hypotheses," etc. I was in liberal arts. The math was flat fascinating, and I could do it. So I kept taking another class, and another. - I read Bruce Schneier. Also scan news (less and less lately), reading with astonishment that systems are secured with plain-text passwords. Or unsalted. C'mon! - I'm still using HP calculators which came out back then. At this point it's a matter of perversity.
[–] TheBuddha [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
You'd probably enjoy Slashdot. There's still some good commenting going on there. Hacker News (ycombinator) is also a good site.
[–] cdinvb 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Worth a try. - Curious where https://notabug.io/ is gonna go.