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My name is Mason Porter. I am a Professor in Nordita (Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics) and am Professor in Complex Systems in the Department of Mathematics at Stockholm University. Previously, I was a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Before that, I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow of Somerville College. I am still a Senior Research Fellow of Somerville College.

Showing posts with label Pi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pi. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Takes from the ArXiv: Hydrogen π

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This paper is cool (though surely someone must have done this before). It rederives Wallis' formula for π by looking at the spectrum ...
Friday, April 18, 2014

A Shotgun Approach to Calculating π

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Here is a literal (!) shotgun approach for calculating an approximate value for π . I approve! (I think...) Now let me quote from the ar...
Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Pi = 3.2?

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Well, apparently the lovely state of Indiana once attempted to legislate the value of Pi to be 3.2 . That was a rather irrational thing for...
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I am a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Previously, I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow in Somerville College. I am also a die-hard fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers. See my website for more information about me. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter (@masonporter), though I'm much easier to stalk by other means. If you want power law or Zachary Karate Club swag, take a look at my Power Law Shop. I am also involved with the Legends of Caltech movie and co-edited Legends of Caltech III.
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