Some useful (or amusing) links
UCT links
- Mathematics links
- the arXiv, which
hosts an ever-growing number of preprints in all areas of
mathematics, and more
- mathscinet, which
is a big database of research articles, complete with abstracts
- online repositories of old articles:
JSTOR,
Numdam (French),
Gottinger
Digitalization Project (German),
Digizeitschriften (Germany),
Seals (Switzerland),
Project Euclid, and lists by
Cornell and
Stony
Brook
- the MIT
open course wares in mathematics: free course materials for one
of the best mathematics departments in the world
- societies: the American
Mathematical Society,
the
South African Mathematical Society, and
the European Mathematical
Society
- conference centers: MSRI in
Berkeley, BIRS in Banff, and
Oberwolfach in Germany
- I was fortunate to go to school at
UC Berkeley (for undergrad)
and U. Washington
(for my PhD).
- I was also lucky to have
Dan Pollack
as an advisor.
- Before coming to Cape Town I worked at the
University of Utah, the
University of Connecticut, the
University of Georgia, and
University College Cork (which
is in Ireland).
- Other links
- McSweeney's, which
has some of the best writing available.
- The New York
Times, which might not be all the news fit to
print, but is still a damn good window to the world
- Wunderground, linked
because too many people want to talk about the weather
- Commentary: Ted Rall,
Matt Bors, and
Tim Eagan
- more frivolous: Too Much Coffee
Man, Cat
and Girl and XKCD
- Music: Aum
Fidelity and Tzadik and
Sublime Frequencies and
Kill Rock Stars
- Great memories: the
Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective and
Bike Athens
- the Bicycle
Empowerment Network of South Africa
- the Hub, online
bikes forum here in RSA
- the Fixed Gear
Gallery
- cycling comentary: Pave,
the Inner Ring, and
the Boulder
Report
- bikes & blogs: the Fat
Cyclist, Bad Idea
Racing, Fyxomatosis
18 Miles per Hour,
the Cycling Inquisition,
and While Out Riding
Jesse Ratzkin
jesse.ratzkin@uct.ac.za
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