Tag Archives: Debates

My Quantum Debate with Aram III

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Gil Kalai

This is the third and last post giving a timeline and some non technical highlights from my debate with Aram Harrow.   Where were we After Aram Harrow and I got in touch in June 2011, and decided to have … Continue reading →

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My Quantum Debate with Aram II

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Gil Kalai

This is the second of three posts giving few of the non-technical highlights of my debate with Aram Harrow. (part I) After Aram Harrow and I got in touch in June 2011, and decided to have a blog debate about … Continue reading →

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Links and Comments

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Gil Kalai

The link  L10n74  (click on the picture to see L10n74’s Braid representation, its Morse link presentation, its Alexander and Jones polynomials, its Khovanov homology, and more, much more.) Here are some links and further comments regarding the last four posts. (Mainly … Continue reading →

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Debates

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Gil Kalai

  Debates are fascinating human activities that are a mixture of logic, strategy, and show. Not everybody shares this fascination. The German author Emil Ludwig considered debates to be the death of conversation. Jonathan Swift regarded debates as the worst … Continue reading →

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Controversies In and Near Science

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Gil Kalai

Controversies and debates in and around science – between researchers within the same discipline, between competing theories, between competing fields, and between accepted scientific viewpoints and viewpoints rooted outside science – are common.  Is there global warming and is it … Continue reading →

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Combinatorics, Mathematics, Academics, Polemics, …

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Gil Kalai

1. About: My name is Gil Kalai and I am a mathematician working mainly in the field of Combinatorics.  Within combinatorics, I work mainly on geometric combinatorics and the study of convex polytopes and related objects, and on the analysis of Boolean functions … Continue reading →

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