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Mathematicians are fascinated by the elegance and beauty of the ideas behind mathematical theories. Their personal stories are equally important and interesting as their discoveries.
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A Tribute to All the Forgotten Women Scientists•
February 14 2020, by Nicos StarreveldI recently discovered a very interesting website, it is called the Quantum Universe. While browsing through the various articles I encountered a series of articles that triggered my interest.Read article - Update
Behind the scenes: Networks Match Making Event 2020•
January 28 2020, by Marieke KranenburgThe aim of this event was to bring together researchers from social sciences, economic sciences, mathematics and computer science sharing an interest in complex networks, with the aim to discover valuable synergies.Read article - Update
Finding Euler. A mathematics story from Ghana•
January 10 2020, by Nicos StarreveldIt is Thursday 25 of July, the clock shows 22:00, my flight with KLM lands at the international airport of Accra, the capital of Ghana. I exit from the arrivals hall of the airport and I start looking around, I see a board with my name on it, it is Francis, the director of AMI Ghana and one of the organizers of the Allotey mathematics summer school. This is how a wonderful adventure started.Read article - Article
A look into NETWORKS•
December 4 2019, by Michel MandjesWhen we wrote the grant application for NETWORKS, back in 2013, we obviously put all our energy into it, and tried to come up with the best proposal possible.Read article - Update
Understanding geometry using graphs•
November 21 2019, by Nicos StarreveldGeometry is a field that has been fascinating people since antiquity. The ancient Greeks considered geometry to be a sublime art and some of their philosophical views were inspired from geometry. Take for example the five Platonic solids, also called regular solids. The beauty of these geometric objects inspired Plato who associated each of the […]Read article