Tag: Mathematics

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Thursday, May 18, 2006

1. Symmetric Difference -- From MathWorld. A ⊖ B ⇔ (A-B) ∪ (B-A). I wasn't sure if I was using the phrase "symmetric difference" correctly, so I checked and I was. I added the circled minus to my cut and paste list of fancy characters.

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Sunday, March 5, 2006

1. An introduction to Category Theory: When is one thing equal to some other thing? (PDF), by Barry Mazur (via LtU). To read.

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Friday, February 24, 2006

1. New Scientist: Mathematical proofs getting harder to verify (via Chris Langreiter).

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