Links
Links
Departmental: https://www.tu.berlin/fgdghenk/ueber-uns/team
Research Training Group: http://www.facetsofcomplexity.de/people/postdoctoral-and-doctorals/chun/index.html
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ji-hoon-chun-07b592292/
GitHub: https://github.com/jihoonchun
Below are some math and computer-related links that I like.
The problem of catching a lion in the Sahara Desert is a well-known example of mathematical humor. This link collects numerous methods published over many years.
I first learned about lion hunting from Professor Neil Falkner during my 5th year at OSU.
The following course webpages are a fun and informative introduction to the hardware and software of parallel computing in the 2000's and later.
Carnegie Mellon University, 15-418/618: Parallel Computer Architecture and Programming, taught by Professor Kayvon Fatahalian and others as listed below.
Carnegie Mellon University, 15-462/662: Computer Graphics, taught by Professors Kayvon Fatahalian and Keenan Crane.
Stanford University, CS149: Parallel Computing, taught by Professors Kunle Olukuton and Kayvon Fatahalian.
Professor Kayvon Fatahalian, "Tips for Giving Clear Talks."
Slides explaining what to do and what not to do when presenting a talk in computer science.
Chris Jeris et al. "Chicago undergraduate mathematics bibliography," January 1999.
A great resource of brief reviews of mathematics textbooks for undergraduate math students in the United States.
As stated in the introduction, many of these textbooks are quite advanced. At OSU, the categories in the bibliography would roughly correspond to these academic levels (with course numbers in parentheses):
"Elementary" = High school, intermediate and advanced non-honors undergraduate (3000–4000), and first-year honors undergraduate (4000H)
"Intermediate" = Advanced honors undergraduate (5000H), master's level (5000), and lower PhD (6000)
"Advanced" = PhD (6000–8000)
An updated (but harder to navigate) version of this bibliography is on Github.
Below are my favorite math textbooks and other books about math.
Károly Böröczky, Jr. Finite Packing and Covering (Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics 154) (2004).
John H. Conway and Neil J. A. Sloane, Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups, 3rd edition (Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften 290) (1999).
Barry Simon, A Comprehensive Course in Analysis (2015).
Basic Complex Analysis (volume 2A) and Advanced Complex Analysis (volume 2B)
This series is the "big" version of Stein and Shakarchi. The other books in this series are Harmonic Analysis (volume 3), Operator Theory (volume 4), and The Ultimate Companion to A Comprehensive Course in Analysis.
Chuanming Zong, Sphere Packings (Universitext) (1999).
Kenneth Falconer, Fractal Geometry: Mathematical Foundations and Applications, 2nd edition (2003).
Elias M. Stein and Rami Shakarchi, Princeton Lectures in Analysis.
Joseph Bak and Donald Newman, Complex Analysis, 3rd edition (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) (2010).
Gerald B. Folland, Advanced Calculus (2002).
Philip J. Davis, The Mathematics of Matrices: A First Book of Matrix Theory and Linear Algebra (1965).
Laszló Lovasz, József Pelikán, and Katalin L. Vesztergombi, Discrete Mathematics: Elementary and Beyond (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) (2003).
Speaking of combinatorics, I also like the quotes and section titles of Combinatorics and Graph Theory, 2nd edition, by John M. Harris, Jeffry L. Hirst, and Michael J. Mossinghoff.
Section 3.4 is titled "The Return of der König," a reference to J. R. R. Tolkien's book and Kőnig's Lemma which was previously seen earlier in the chapter.
Section 3.6.2 is titled "Inaccessible Cardinals" and features the following quote at the start:
Better to reign in L, than serve in Heav'n.
— Milton, Paradise Lost (slightly misquoted)
The "L" is a reference to Gödel's constructible universe.
Michael Spivak, Calculus, 4th edition (2008).
This post on Everything2 describes the writing style and philosophy of Michael Spivak which can be gathered from his mathematics textbooks.
John Stillwell, Elements of Algebra: Geometry, Numbers, Equations (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) (1994).
John Stillwell, Mathematics and Its History, 3rd edition (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) (2010).
Ralph P. Boas, Jr., Lion Hunting and Other Mathematical Pursuits: A Collection of Mathematics, Verse, and Stories (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions 15) (1996).
Dan Kalman, Uncommon Mathematical Excursions: Polynomia and Related Realms (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions 35) (2009).
Simon Singh, Fermat's Enigma (1998).
David E. Bock, Paul F. Velleman, and Richard D. De Veaux, Stats: Modeling the World, 2nd edition (2006).
Casio, fx-9750G: User's Guide.
Casio, CFX-9850GB PLUS/fx-9750G: User's Guide (Korean).
Hewlett-Packard, hp 49g+ graphing calculator: user's guide (2003).
Lynette Long, Painless Algebra, 1st edition (1998).
Ann M. Martin, Stacey the Math Whiz (The Baby-Sitters Club 105) (1997).
Kjartan Poskitt, Murderous Maths series.
Regular series:
Murderous Maths (1997)
More Murderous Maths (1998)
Algebra: The Phantom X (2003)
The Fiendish Angletron (2004)
The Perfect Sausage (2nd edition, 2009)
This book was originally published in August 2005, right before I left New Zealand, so I didn't know about it until later.
The 5ecret L1fe of Codes (2nd edition, 2009)
Even though this book was originally published in 1999, I didn't know about it until much later.
Easy Questions, Evil Answers (2010)
Other books:
Richard Evan Schwartz, Really Big Numbers (2014).
Below are my favorite books that are about computers.
Steve Caplin, Icon Design (2001).
The Macintosh Bible:
Cliff Colby and Marty Cortinas (editors), The Macintosh Bible, 8th edition (2002).
Cliff Colby and Cheryl England (editors), The Macintosh Bible, 9th edition (2004).
Charles Petzold, Code (1999) and Code, 2nd edition (2022).
David Pogue, Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther Edition (2003).
Richard Dungworth, Windows for Beginners: With an Introduction to Windows 95 (Usborne Computer Guides) (1995).
This book mainly covers Windows 3.1 and was my main introduction to that OS. One of my first computers ran Windows 95. It was a second-hand PC that I believe was upgraded from Windows 3.x.
Lisi Harrison, The Clique Summer Collection: Kristen (2008).
Judy Tatchell and Nick Cutler, Practical Things to Do with a Microcomputer (Usborne Computer Books) (1983).
My YouTube channel, which consists of mostly gameplay videos.