Hmm, soweit ich sehe ist das nicht so. Ist weder klar ob die Mähdrescher dahin kommen wo ich bin, ob sie überhaupt vernünftig Ernte einfahren und wenn ja, ob sie das auch könnten, wenn sie da wären, wo ich bin.

"Problem X has fallen" is a framing I've never connected with. I can relate to the feeling that working on a hard problem is a battle, but I don't see the problem as an enemy to be defeated. I see it as something to understand, and understanding isn't something that gets beaten.

Just created an account on mu - find me there: mu.social/profile/dirque.eur…

All well-posed problems are alike; each ill-posed problem is ill-posed in its own way.

I hereby rename "Applied Mathematics" to "Super Mathematics". Having "Applied" in front does not transport how super useful it is. The most useful among like basically everything.

Had a hard time grading seminar reports and presentations recently (you know, AI). Idea for next seminar: Give students papers I did not read (but would like to). They need to explain the paper to me and the grade is determined only by how good I understand.

Very wise

Signs that academia may be for you: * eduroam works on the first try * you get your travel reimbursement without having to email anyone twice * you understand your institution’s course management system

Material decomposition with multispectral computed tomography still feels underresearched mathematically!Here is what Jürgen Jeschke and I came up with to better understand what is going on. arxiv.org/abs/2609.25926