Author Archives: Sung Lee

Harvard top cancer researchers faked data

Four top Harvard cancer researchers are accused of faking data by photoshopping images and test results. The four researchers include the CEO and COO of Harvard affiliated Dana-Farber cancer institute. The investigation in this allegation resulted in the retraction of … Continue reading

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New Direction

In most part of my life, math has been the sole purpose of my life. Regrettably and quite belatedly, I have come to the realization that that purpose of mine is not achievable, mainly due to the lack of a … Continue reading

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Mathematics

Have you ever loved someone who is way way out of your league? No matter how much you love her, she wouldn’t even notice that you exist. Out of frustration and despair, you finally decide to walk away from her … Continue reading

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Installing gfortran on macOS Sonoma

Yesterday, I was helping a physics graduate student install gfortran on his MacBook running on Sonoma. The installation of gfortran is easy. One can use homebrew (I recommend it) to install gfortran. If you don’t have homebrew already installed on … Continue reading

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Installing Maxima on Old Mac

I am still using an old MacBook with OS X 10.10 (Yosemite). I can no longer install Maxima using MacPorts there. Luckily I stumbled upon a Maxima installation instruction at The MaximaList. It worked out nicely and I was able … Continue reading

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