Category Archive: tips

Logitech mouse and Linux

Finally found a page which includes some instructions on how to get all those fancy buttons working on my Logitech mouse.

librdmacm errors when using openmpi

This information can be found elsewhere, but I figured that it’s worth reposting. The bottom line here are errors that look like: librdmacm: Warning: couldn’t read ABI version. librdmacm: Warning: assuming: 4 librdmacm: Fatal: unable to get RDMA device list ————————————————————————– [[13473,1],0]: A high-performance Open MPI point-to-point messaging module was unable to find any relevant …

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Halmos – How to write mathematics – Executive Summary

Below is a summary of Halmos’ classic essay that has been tailored for myself. I hope it is of use to others. I have left out all detail and thus the list below is in no way a substitute for the article itself. Preface. What constitutes good mathematics exposition is subjective. There is no recipe …

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I have to write literature too?

I wish to be a successful mathematician. I want my papers to be read, enjoyed, even eagerly anticipated. I struggle, however, to write well. Most of my posts are stream of consciousness. They are my thoughts, with only a little reflection thrown in. This I don’t mind. My blog isn’t to advertise myself, allow inclusion …

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Python tips, tricks and hacks

My new position involves quite a bit of python coding. Before this I’ve only known java, so I keep trying to do things the java way not the python way. Python tends to give me this feeling that there are short simple ways of doing things, but that I can’t figure them out. For example, …

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