Helmut Knaust - Miscellaneous: Mostly, But Not Exclusively, Related to Mathematics

• Wavelets etc.
  • What is JPEG? by David Austin (Notices of the AMS 55(2), 2008)
  • Image Compression: Seeing What's Not There by David Austin (Feature Column of the AMS, September 2007)
  • Multi-Resolution Analysis for the Haar Wavelet
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication by C.E. Shannon (Bell System Technical Journal 27 (1948), pp. 379-423, pp. 623-656)

• Proofs
  • Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem
  • Can a Proof Use Computers? [PDF]
  • Will Mathematicians Become Superfluous?
  • Is Mathematics Strictly a Human Endeavor? [PDF]

• R.L. Moore
  • The Legacy of R.L. Moore Project
  • The Greatest Math Teacher Ever, by Keith Devlin
  • The Greatest Math Teacher Ever, Part 2, by Keith Devlin
  • The Moore Method: What Discovery Learning Is and How It Works, by Peter Renz
  • What is the Moore Method?, by William S. Mahavier

• Math and Educational Issues
  • Sluggish Results Seen in Math Scores, by Sam Dillon (NYT, 2009/10/14)
  • Launchings by David Bressoud - Wolfram|Alpha, MAA, August 2009.
  • For Today’s Graduate, Just One Word: Statistics, by Steve Lohr (NYT, 2009/08/05)
  • Math and the City, by Steven Strogatz (NYT, 2009/05/19)
  • Genius: The Modern View, by David Brooks (NYT, 2009/05/01)
  • Helping Women Reach Their Potential in Math, by Tanya Mohn (NYT, 2009/04/19)
  • State Colleges Also Face Cuts in Ambitions, by Tamar Lewin (NYT, 2009/03/17)
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• German Newspapers and Magazines
  • Die Zeit - A "serious" weekly newspaper, not many pictures, but many in-depth articles.
    
  • Der Stern - A weekly news magazine. High-gloss.
    
  • Der Spiegel - Another weekly news magazine. Always features the newest political gossip.
    
  • FAZ - Die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The leading national newspaper, politically and financially rather conservative.
    
  • TAZ - Die Tageszeitung. A small national daily newspaper, clearly situated at the left end of the political spectrum.
    

• Etc.
  • The Museum of HP Calculators
  • Trans Canada Pipeline Arch
  • Ze Drem vil finali kum tru! [PDF]
  • How to Make a Car - German Style [PPT]
  • FAQ about Calendars, by Claus Tøndering
  • The Tube: Original (Harry Beck) | Contemporary | Geo | Anagram
  • Minard's Map