Mathematician, writer, Cornell professor. All cards on the table, face up, all the time.
Ithaca, NY
Joined May 2012
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Steven Strogatz retweeted
Once the pages were transcribed, however, Claude was able to do in a day what had defeated humans in 80 years - to understand everything in Godel's 1940-2 notebooks.
Claude found 663 theorems that no one knew about!
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Steven Strogatz retweeted
"I suggest using your abilities to solve your own problems. Think of things that would be exciting to do, and see if you can do them. Let LLMs help you." - Dan Spielman
"The way you get ahead in academia is by being known for something. So, dream up an agenda of problems. Avoid competition by doing things other people aren’t thinking of doing." - Dan Spielman (a renowned mathematician and computer scientist)
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Steven Strogatz retweeted
There are many wonderful elements to this story about AI discovering gems in Godel's famously impenetrable notebooks
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¿Qué queda de un oficio cuando una máquina lo hace mejor que tú?
Se lo pregunta el matemático Steven Strogatz (@stevenstrogatz) en The Daily, de The New York Times. Cuidado si tienes la lágrima fácil.
#ImperdiblesIA
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On the latest episode of The Joy of Why podcast, host @stevenstrogatz is joined by Albert-László Barabási to discuss network science — and how mapping the networks inside our bodies could change how we treat disease. Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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This paper holds a special place in my heart. I’ve long loved translation, its evolution and what it can tell about life’s molecular history.
Proud of our team! Read how evolution expanded an ancient translation protein to help bacteria adapt to stress:
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Writing about math for a wide audience is tricky. Here are some pitfalls we fell into, and lessons we learned along the way. ams.org/journals/notices/202…
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As part of a celebration of the science desk @nytimes, the storied newspaper invited me and @AlexKontorovich to debate zero vs infinity. Here are our notes—prepared separately and without colluding—essentially a transcript of the debate. Wait for the twist...
ALT https://jannalevin.substack.com/p/zero-vs-infinity
Just received this in the mail today: The Welch Labs - Illustrated Guide to AI". What an astonishing, gorgeous work of art! Bravo, Stephen Welch and team!
With the rise of AI, this skill is more important than ever. I highly recommend this new book from @PrincetonUPress. As I wrote on the back, "Sharon Marcus knows what it takes to give a good talk, and she comes straight at you with it. She is as clear as she wants you to be."
Steven Strogatz retweeted
my next piece will be fully in LaTeX!
Lila Shroff @LilaShroff confesses she’s “recently become a bandwagon math fan.” She even manages to include a few correctly typeset polynomials in @TheAtlantic today, as she surveys the craziness in math and AI in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley.
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Steven Strogatz retweeted
Drunk trigonometry. Lunch with @edfrenkel. Hanging with math PhDs. And a whole lot more.
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My latest for @TheAtlantic on my quest to understand the romance of math research (and also a dispatch from the beautiful insanity of living in SF right now)...
Steven Strogatz retweeted
TODAY: You can watch me, @JohnCUrschel, and Kristin DeVleming talk AI, math, and the future, live from @ICERM. (Or at least you can watch us on your screen -- in-person tickets are all gone, sorry!)
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Lila Shroff @LilaShroff confesses she’s “recently become a bandwagon math fan.” She even manages to include a few correctly typeset polynomials in @TheAtlantic today, as she surveys the craziness in math and AI in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley.
theatlantic.com/technology/2…
"The way you get ahead in academia is by being known for something. So, dream up an agenda of problems. Avoid competition by doing things other people aren’t thinking of doing." - Dan Spielman (a renowned mathematician and computer scientist)
open.substack.com/pub/daniel…
Steven Strogatz retweeted
My last two podcasts would seem to suggest a dead heat between @stevenstrogatz & @db for "author whose book title captures our age." But this was last night, and "Big Math" has since pulled ahead. Mobilize your base, Danny Bessner! Anyone can vote here: youtube.com/@Nonzero/videos
When AI becomes an oracle, what happens to mathematics?
arstechnica.com/science/2026…
