Javier Martinez Maurica : a mathematician and a friend

A Mathematician Reads

New York University mathematical physicist Alan Sokal published in the postmodern humanities journal Social Text a parody entitled “Transgressing the Boundaries: Toward a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity” [1]. His point in doing so was to test whether the field of “cultural studies of science” was seriously lacking in “intellectual standards”. His article is nonsense from start to...

Takeshi Matsuura: A Truly Inspirational Friend and Membrane Scientist

Alberto A . Martinez : Negative Math

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The mathematician as a formalist

D. Martinez

Primary colorectal lymphoma is an infrequent disease of unknown origin and with a growing incidence. Differentiation between primary lymphoma and secondary colorectal involvement is of great therapeutic and prognostic importance. The diagnosis must always be based on histological findings. Different forms of presentation have been described, though all are nonspecific. While full agreement on t...