Monday, August 6, 2018

SageMath

http://www.sagemath.org/
SageMath is a free open-source mathematics software system licensed under the GPL. It builds on top of many existing open-source packages: NumPy, SciPy, matplotlib, Sympy, Maxima, GAP, FLINT, R and many more. Access their combined power through a common, Python-based language or directly via interfaces or wrappers.
Mission: Creating a viable free open source alternative to Magma, Maple, Mathematica and Matlab. 




Thursday, August 2, 2018

20018 Fields Medal Winner: Akshay Venkatesh

Professor Akshay Venkatesh (who entered university at 13) has become the second Australian to win the coveted Fields Medal, the maths equivalent of a Nobel Prize.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/fields-medalist-akshay-venkatesh-bridges-math-and-time-20180801/

"Akshay Venkatesh, a former prodigy who struggled with the genius stereotype, has won a Fields Medal for his 'profound contributions to an exceptionally broad range of subjects in mathematics.'"