Top Posts
Recent comments
- Tony Forbes on I’d like to see this solved
- Luke Pebody on I’d like to see this solved
- Luke Pebody on I’d like to see this solved
- Tony Forbes on I’d like to see this solved
- Peter Cameron on I’d like to see this solved
Blogroll
- Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Azimuth
- British Combinatorial Committee
- Comfortably numbered
- Diamond Geezer
- Exploring East London
- From hill to sea
- Gödel's lost letter and P=NP
- Gil Kalai
- Jane's London
- Jon Awbrey
- Kourovka Notebook
- LMS blogs page
- Log24
- London Algebra Colloquium
- London Reconnections
- MathBlogging
- Micromath
- Neill Cameron
- neverendingbooks
- Noncommutative geometry
- numericana hall of fame
- Ratio bound
- Robert A. Wilson's blog
- Since it is not …
- Spitalfields life
- Sylvy's mathsy blog
- SymOmega
- Terry Tao
- The Aperiodical
- The De Morgan Journal
- The ICA
- The London column
- The Lumber Room
- The matroid union
- Theorem of the day
- Tim Gowers
- XKCD
Find me on the web
Cameron Counts: RSS feeds
Meta
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Some things get better
Amid the gloom, we went for a short walk in Dura Den, one of the most scenic parts of Fife. At the end of the den is the village of Pitscottie, with the White Chimneys café. To our pleasure and … Continue reading
John McKay
I learned only yesterday that John McKay died a month ago. John McKay made the kind of contribution to the subject that most mathematicians can only dream of, in part because of his wide-ranging interests and keen observation. He was … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged ADE affair, Held's group, Janko's third group, McKay conjecture, monstrous moonshine
3 Comments
Taylor series
Today, XKCD, with tongue in cheek, is saying that “The Taylor series should have been canceled after the first term”. After a flying visit to London (more about that shortly), I am reminded again that at least the second term … Continue reading
Kyiv chocolates
Thanks to Mike for the chocolates. How much of this scene will be left when Putin is finished with it?
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Twenty-five percent
Nearly ten years ago I retired from my position at Queen Mary University of London. Someone told me then, “You don’t get retirement right first time, you have to keep practising.” Only too true. The University of St Andrews offered … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
2 Comments
What to do?
It is extremely easy to email the International Mathematical Union and lend your voice to calls to cancel this year’s International Congress of Mathematicians. It doesn’t even take any moral courage. Deciding whether to take part in on-line conferences in … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
5 Comments
Happy new year
Happy new year, everyone. Although I can’t see the end of the Covid tunnel yet, I do hope that for all of us the new year brings better times. One big change for me in the coming year is that, … Continue reading
Two pointers
As you know, this is where I take out my frustrations by having a good grumble about life, the universe, and everything. Yesterday, in a meeting, we learned of two developments coming to the academic world. In neither case is … Continue reading
COP26
If I could send a message to the world leaders who will soon assemble in Glasgow, it would be, in the words of a St Andrews honorary graduate: What’ll you do now, my blue-eyed son?What’ll you do now, my darling … Continue reading
Bad times
Apologies for this. If you don’t like reading personal news, especially bad news, don’t persist. I am writing it down in the hope of putting it behind me. Back in early April, Rosemary had a very bad fall on the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
13 Comments