Author Archives: Sung Lee

Mathematicians who offered cash prizes

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Sung Lee

Paul Erdős, a great Hungarian mathematician of the 20th century was famous of proposing cash prizes for his math problems. He never owned anything (everything he had could be put into a small suitcase). He thought possession is evil. He … Continue reading →

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Who Should be Doing Mathematics?

Posted on February 17, 2025 by Sung Lee

Let me begin with the following declaration: “Not anyone can do mathematics” or “Mathematics is not for everybody.” Who should be doing mathematics then? Some people might say smart people. Being smart is certainly helpful to do mathematics. Someone being … Continue reading →

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Lenny Susskind’s Humour

Posted on November 9, 2024 by Sung Lee

I stumbled upon one of Lenny Susskind’s old arXiv papers titled “Rebuttal to a Paper on Wormholes“. In the abstract, he wrote a pretty harsh criticism on another arXiv paper by saying “the author of that paper demonstrated that he … Continue reading →

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One cannot fight physics and math

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Sung Lee

The other day I was reading a blog article by Andrei Martyanov and he said in there: “One cannot fight physics and math, it’s impossible.” The article was not about math or physics and he is neither a mathematician nor … Continue reading →

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Pair of huge plasma jets spotted blasting out of gigantic black hole

Posted on September 23, 2024 by Sung Lee

The above title is the verbatim from a Guardian news article that a colleague in chemistry shared. I don’t usually read the Guardian and it is not a reliable source of science news. The article is not well-written and it … Continue reading →

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