Robert Israel

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Name	Robert Israel
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Website	math.ubc.ca/~israel
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Associate Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia, and Optimization Algorithms Researcher, D-Wave Systems, Burnaby BC

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A regular polytope

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apr 26 at 17:12 Thomas Kahle 817●5●11

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Series whose convergence is not known

Examples of theorems misapplied to non-mathematical contexts

Famous mathematicians with background in arts/humanities/law etc (2)

Billiard dynamics under gravity

Group of permutations

The reals as continuous image of the irrationals

Infinite exponential representation of real numbers

A question regarding a claim of V. I. Arnold

Highly symmetric 6-regular graph with 20 vertices

What is the cover time of a random walk on a cube?

functions from Q to itself with derivative zero

Nonstandard analysis in probability theory

When is a matrix power nonnegative

Is there an analog of determinant for linear operators in infinite dimensions as that of finite dimensions?

“Wild” solutions of the heat equation: how to graph them?

How to solve this differential equation system?

Two questions about distributing points on the “surface” of an infinite-dimensional sphere

Non-enumerative proof that there are many derangements?

Numbers with known irrationality measures?

invertability of a matrix

Fast root finding for strictly decreasing function

Complexity of computing derivatives

Tail Bound on Binomial

Yet another sum involving binomial coefficients

Are these Two Definitions of ``Uniformly Distributed" Equivalent?

sign-flipping inverse

Are there any “related rates” calculus problems that don’t feel contrived?

what is the probability that a scissor became the champion?

Counterexamples to differentiation under integral sign?

Asymptotics for the coefficients of a rational function

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