Mathematics and Computation

February 2, 2008

Lambda calculus for real analysis by Paul Taylor

Filed under: General, News — Andrej Bauer @ 01:28

Paul Taylor has published a revised version of his `lambda`-calculus for real analysis. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in real analysis, be it a computer scientist, numerical analyst, or just a “true” analyst.

The first, second, and third time I talked to Paul I could not understand a word of what he was saying, and that’s not just because he is a native speaker of English English. I only began to “get it” when he visited me in Ljubljana. So I think it’s perhaps worth explaining a bit what this “`lambda`-calculus for real analysis” is about.

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August 25, 2006

International Mathematical Olympiad 2006

Filed under: News, Off topic — Andrej Bauer @ 10:38

This year the International Mathematical Olympiad took place in Slovenia. I participated as one of the organizers (problem selection and coordination). It was probably one of the busiest and most exciting times of my life,

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