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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Dr Grigori Perelman |
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Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 6:47 am
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| See pp. 174--185 of "Perfect Rigor", a biography of Perelman, by Masha Gessen, for the case that he has Asperger's. I think the case looks plausible. Quote from the book: "I spent an hour on the phone describing Perelman to Baron-Cohen, the famous psychologist volunteered to fly to St. Petersburg to... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Hans Asperger had Aspergers |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2010, 11:30 pm
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Replies: 21
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are most Aspies unable to work or live independently? |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 5:27 am
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| Undiagnosed. I have tenure and (at the moment) job hours of 4-8 PM MW. That works with my sleep disturbances. To be honest, I couldn't handle a regular job. No way. I'm a professor in mathematics, which means that the job was largely created by Aspies for Aspies. I have a research position. The PhD ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What does your avatar say about you? |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2010, 6:52 pm
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Replies: 507
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: was mathematician Paul Erdős autistic? |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2010, 11:23 am
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Replies: 5
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| I met Erdos a number of years before he died. A high percentage of professional mathematicians are probably on the spectrum. But even in that crowd Erdos stood out with symptoms; for example he disliked physical human contact including shaking hands and was cared for by his mother until she passed a... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: What your favorate freeware game? |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2010, 5:47 am
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Replies: 32
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: What's the strangest language you've ever programmed in? |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2010, 5:35 am
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Replies: 26
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| The language for a Monroe 1665 programmable calculator. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Odd about Even Numbers. |
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Posted: 07 Feb 2010, 10:54 pm
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Quote: And what about 1723? It is the smallest integer that can be expressed as the sum of cubes in two different ways.
Actually, the number is 1729. It was made famous by the taxicab story between S. Ramanujan and G.H. Hardy. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: favorite non-fiction book you have read recently? |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2010, 4:09 pm
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Replies: 30
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| A few days ago I finished Perfect Rigor by Masha Gessen It's a biography of Grigory Perelman, the mathematician who in 2002 uploaded a (correct) proof of the Poincare hypothesis. (Actually the geometrization conjecture of Thurstan as well.) The biography puts forward the hypothesis that Perelman has... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Science/mathematical jokes |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2010, 3:25 am
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Q: What's an anagram of Banach-Tarski?
A: Banach-Tarski Banach-Tarski |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How did you distinguish between playful teasing and bullying |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2010, 5:07 am
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Replies: 39
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| I always thought playful, even friendly teasing was bullying until a light switched on in my head around sixth grade. It felt, and still feels, like one of the biggest breakthroughs in my life. Before that, other boys would give me a friendly punch in my arm and I took it for an attack. This caused ... |
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