A mathematical analysis of yo-yo tricks by Benjamin Hamblin and Victor Calo: All Tied Up: A First Look at Modern Yo-Yo and Knot Theory
An interesting academic look at the yo-yo community by Ho Wang KWONG (鄺浩弘): Group dynamics, gender, and field : an ethnographic study of the yo-yoing sport subculture In Hong Kong.
What a great mathematician with an amazing story.
Related collection of essays by Timothy Gowers: Yuri Ivanovich Manin, An Extraordinary Mathematician.
Understanding your mathematical biases can help you view your mathematical self more critically and consider whether you have unnecessary hang-ups which are holding you back.
A great read promoting open science by one of the famed "Mike and Ike" duo. This isn't so much math as it is research in general, but, while its primary goal is to promote open science, it also serves as a great source of detailed examples of productive collaborations.
You and Your Research by Richard Hamming.
Here are the seminars at MSU I have organized.
Initiated by myself, and co-organized with Ivan So, the graduate student colloquium was a venue in which graduate student mathematicians presented their research to other grad students, in general-audience style talks. The colloquium is concluded as of April 18, 2024. Maybe it will resume in the future. See more here.
C*-algebra theory, Fall semester 2023. This seminar is concluded as of December 8, 2023.
Random matrix theory, Spring semester 2023. This seminar is concluded as of April 27, 2023. See more here.