Monthly Archives: April 2017

Who proved it first?

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Persiflage

During Joel Specter’s thesis defense, he started out by remarking that the \(q\)-expansion: \(\displaystyle{f = q \prod_{n=1}^{\infty} (1 – q^n)(1 – q^{23 n}) = \sum a_n q^n}\) is a weight one modular forms of level \(\Gamma_1(23),\) and moreover, for \(p\) … Continue reading →

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Return to Northwestern

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Persiflage

Today I returned to Northwestern, taking part in both the communal faculty lunch and the post prandial espresso. Jared Wunsch worked his magic on the Silvia (Rancilio) to pour one of the best espressos I have had in a very … Continue reading →

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Me versus Magnus

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Persiflage

I’ve recently been distracting myself with the new Magnus Carlsen “app,” a free chess app for the iPhone whose distinguishing feature is that it tries to play “like” Magnus did at various ages. It does seem like a very tricky … Continue reading →

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