“I really think the goal of math is creating beauty,” Dr. Dan Margalit said. Margalit’s research interests lie in low-dimensional topology and geometric group theory. Margalit and I talk about the importance of having fun with math and understanding abstract ideas, as well as the beauty of symmetry in nature.
Notes From Nash — Notes with Dan Margalit: Math is about beauty
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Oct 11, 2023
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Farouk Ramzan, Staff Podcaster
Farouk Ramzan (’26) is from San Antonio majoring in psychology and economics in the College of Arts & Sciences. In his free time, he fishes, does film photography, writes novels, screenplays, and skeet shoots. He is interested in a vast era of topics ranging from statistical theory to architecture to Russian literature. You can reach him at farouk.s.ramzan@vanderbilt.edu.
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