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Friday, March 27, 2015

2015[13]A -- Ins-Net As for Mar 27, 2015_"The ABEL Prize -- 2015" [B-B-B]

Insomniac-Net ANSWERS -- Friday[13], Mar 27, 2015 [ B - B - B ]
Tonight's Topic: "The ABEL Prize -- 2015"
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    Good morning/evening, everybody! Thank you for joining us last night.
    We hope you discovered something interesting during the time we spent together on the Insomniac Net last night.
    Thanks to you all for playing along -- it was a lot of FUN for us. Hopefully, you had fun too!
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    Two days ago, on March 25, the ABEL Prize -- an international award for outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics -- announced its winners for 2015.    This award announcement named two American mathematicians: 86 years-old John F. Nash, Jr. and  Louis Nirenberg (aged 90).
    The ABEL Prize is named after the early 19th century mathematician, Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829).
    When he died, at the age of only 26, Abel left a large b
ody of work, including the first proof of the general binomial theorem (which had been stated by Newton and Euler).
    (And in case you're wondering, LW's Family Tree does not include either Niels Henrick Abel or the German composer, Carl Friedrich Abel -- dun-dun-dah-d'oh!)   
    So, for tonight, our three questions concern this international mathematics award -- worth about 750,000 Euro (US$ 816,787.50).

    Ergo, how much do you know about... The ABEL Prize -- 2015?

    Please choose from any of the 3 (reuseable) answers of "A", "B", or "C" (if applicable!) for each question listed below.
    Good Luck and remember, YOU are always a WINNER with us, regardless of your actual answers!
    (Alas, no ABEL Prizes will be awarded tonight!)

    ++ "The ABEL Prize -- 2015" ++    
Question #1: Unlike the more famous Nobel Prizes -- which have been awarded since 1901 and do not have a Mathematics Award -- when was the first ABEL Prize awarded?
        A. 1965, or
        B. 2003, or
        C. 2014
The Abel Prize was established on 1 January 2002.
The purpose is to award the Abel Prize for outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics.
The prize amount is 6 million NOK (about 750,000 Euro) and was awarded for the first time on 3 June 2003.

[SOURCE: Welcome to the Abel Prize]
Question #2: Although 567 Nobel Prizes have been traditionally awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, where is the ABEL Prize awarded?
        A. Copenhagen, Denmark, or
        B. Oslo, Norway, or
        C. Stockholm, Sweden
"The Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2015 to the American mathematicians John F. Nash, Jr. and Louis Nirenberg “for striking and seminal contributions to the theory of nonlinear partial differential equations and its applications to geometric analysis.” The President of the Academy, Kirsti Strøm Bull, announced the new laureates today 25 March. They will receive the Abel Prize from His Majesty King Harald at a ceremony in Oslo on 19 May."
[SOURCE: John F. Nash, Jr. and Louis Nirenberg share the Abel Prize]
Question #3: The 2015 ABEL Prize Laureate John Nash's genius and battle with schizophrenia was the subject of a theatrical movie. What is the name of this movie?
        A. One, Two, Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), or
        B. A Beautiful Mind (2000), or
        C. The Life of Pi (2012)
"'Beautiful mind' John Nash adds Abel Prize to his Nobel:
Mathematician made famous by Hollywood will share US$765,000 award with Louis Nirenberg for work in the field of geometric analysis.
Although some consider the Abel Prize to be the 'Nobel of mathematics', its winners are hardly ever household names.
But this year's prize, announced on 25 March, includes a notable exception:  
          John Nash, the subject of the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind starring Russell Crowe  — and a previous winner of a Nobel prize for economics."
 [SOURCE: Nature News Mar 25, 2015 'Beautiful mind' John Nash adds Abel Prize to his Nobel]
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++ QUOTE OF THE DAY ++  -- from Mario Livio's The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved (p. 90):
    "What can you say about a twenty-six-year-old boy who died? That he was shy, and a genius, that he loved mathematics and the theater. And he was condemned to death by poverty."

            [SOURCE: ISBN-13: 978-0743258203]
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Posted 2015-03-28 01:45PT
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2015[13]Q -- Ins-Net Qs for Mar 27, 2015_"The ABEL Prize -- 2015"

Insomniac-Net Questions -- Friday[13], Mar 27, 2015
Tonight's Topic: "The ABEL Prize -- 2015"
    Good morning/evening, everybody! Thank you for joining us tonight.
    We hope you'll discover something interesting during the time we spend together on the Insomniac Net for the next 90+ minutes.
        -- The ever-delightful Shelley [KF7TBA] and just plain old LW [K7LWA] (email K7LWA.INS@gmail.com).
    (Please Note: The Net Controller's Answers are always CORRECT (even if they aren't every time!)
    Please check out Winsystem's Insomniac Trivia Net page.
    You can get these Questions & Answers at the Yahoo-groups' Messages Link.
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    Two days ago, on March 25, the ABEL Prize -- an international award for outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics -- announced its winners for 2015.    This award announcement named two American mathematicians: 86 years-old John F. Nash, Jr. and  Louis Nirenberg (aged 90).
    The ABEL Prize is named after the early 19th century mathematician, Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829).
    When he died, at the age of only 26, Abel left a large b
ody of work, including the first proof of the general binomial theorem (which had been stated by Newton and Euler).
    (And in case you're wondering, LW's Family Tree does not include either Niels Henrick Abel or the German composer, Carl Friedrich Abel -- dun-dun-dah-d'oh!)   
    So, for tonight, our three questions concern this international mathematics award -- worth about 750,000 Euro (US$ 816,787.50).

    Ergo, how much do you know about... The ABEL Prize -- 2015?

    Please choose from any of the 3 (reuseable) answers of "A", "B", or "C" (if applicable!) for each question listed below.
    Good Luck and remember, YOU are always a WINNER with us, regardless of your actual answers!
    (Alas, no ABEL Prizes will be awarded tonight!)

    ++ "The ABEL Prize -- 2015" ++    
Question #1: Unlike the more famous Nobel Prizes -- which have been awarded since 1901 and do not have a Mathematics Award -- when was the first ABEL Prize awarded?
        A. 1965, or
        B. 2003, or
        C. 2014
Question #2: Although 567 Nobel Prizes have been traditionally awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, where is the ABEL Prize awarded?
        A. Copenhagen, Denmark, or
        B. Oslo, Norway, or
        C. Stockholm, Sweden
Question #3: The 2015 ABEL Prize Laureate John Nash's genius and battle with schizophrenia was the subject of a theatrical movie. What is the name of this movie?
        A. One, Two, Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), or
        B. A Beautiful Mind (2000), or
        C. The Life of Pi (2012)
[SOURCE: TBA -- LW's Super-Secret Not on This Family Tree You Don't!]
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++ QUOTE OF THE DAY ++  -- from Mario Livio's The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved (p. 90):
    "What can you say about a twenty-six-year-old boy who died? That he was shy, and a genius, that he loved mathematics and the theater. And he was condemned to death by poverty."

            [SOURCE: ISBN-13: 978-0743258203]
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  Please include you name, Callsign, and those correct answers.
Good luck everyone!
Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
K7LWA.INS@gmail.com
NOTE: Be sure to check out additional info & photos on
KF7TBA+K7LWA's Friday Insomniac-Net BLOG
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Next Week: "Lunar Eclipse #3 of the 2014-15 Tetrad"
Next, Next Week: WYHearIWYG!
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Friday, March 20, 2015

2015[12]A -- Ins-Net As for Mar 20, 2015_"Mount St. Helens: 1980 -- Part 1" [A-B-B]

Insomniac-Net ANSWERS -- Friday[12], Mar 20, 2015 [ A - B - B ]
Tonight's Topic: "Let's Get Ready to RUMBLE! --  Mount St. Helens: 1980 -- Part 1"
ANSWERS = [ A - B - B ]
    Good morning/evening, everybody! Thank you for joining us last night.
    We hope you discovered something interesting during the time we spent together on the Insomniac Net last night.
    Thanks to you all for playing along -- it was a lot of FUN for us. Hopefully, you had fun too!
        -- The ever-delightful Shelley [KF7TBA] and just plain old LW [K7LWA] (email K7LWA.INS@gmail.com).
    (Please Note: The Net Controller's Answers are always CORRECT (even if they aren't every time!)
    Please check out Winsystem's Insomniac Trivia Net page.
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    On March 20, 1980 -- 35 years ago today -- the eruptive activity of Mount St. Helens began with an intensifying swarm of earthquakes.
    At 3:47PM, an earthquake occurred that was the strongest in this part of the Washington Cascade Range since 1974.
    Mount St. Helens, the most active volcano (in the last 12,000 years) of the Washington Cascades, eventually erupted on May 18, 1980.        
    For tonight, our three questions concern this geological event of recent United States history.
    Accordingly, how much do you know about... Mount St. Helens -- 1980?
    Please choose from any of the 3 (reuseable) answers of "A", "B", or "C" (if applicable!) for each questions listed below.
    Good Luck and remember YOU are always a WINNER with us, regardless of your actual answers!
    Oh, by the wait, Happy Spring!
    ++ "Let's Get Ready to RUMBLE! --  Mount St. Helens: 1980 -- Part 1" ++    
Question #1: At 3:47 PM PST on March 20, 1980, an earthquake beneath Mount St. Helens marked the first strong quake of an earthquake swarm that preceded the lateral blast and cataclysmic eruption of May 18. What was the magnitude of this earthquake?
        A. 4.2, or
        B. 5.6, or
        C. 6.1
 Question #2: How many seismic monitoring stations were located on Mount St. Helens on this day -- 35 years ago?
        A. 0, or
        B. 1, or
        C. 3
The 1980 activity of Mount St. Helens began on March 20 with an intensifying swarm of earthquakes.  The first steam-blast eruption occurred a week later, with high levels of seismic activity, formation of a summit crater, and deformation of the north flank of the volcano. This continued, up to the climactic eruption on the morning of May 18.
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Mar 20, 1980. At the University of Washington seismology laboratory in Seattle, the pen scratched left, then right, each stroke swinging wider on the drum. There’s been an earthquake, fairly large, maybe at Mount St. Helens. There’s only one seismic station at Mount St. Helens (SHW) (Q2) so it isn’t easy to verify. After additional analysis, the scientists conclude the earthquake struck just before 3:48 pm, a magnitude 4.2,(Q1) the strongest in this part of the Cascade Range in 16 years. It is very shallow, plotting only a mile deep beneath the north brow of Mount St. Helens.  Seismologists had noticed small earthquakes in the area from March 15–March 20. Are these tectonic quakes—the little pops and pings of the North American plate as it is squeezed, stretched, and torqued? Or is it volcanic in nature?
[SOURCE: (email (03-19-2015) from Liz Westby, U.S. Geological Survey, Cascades Volcano Observatory]

Question #3: Prior to 1980, how many years had Mount St. Helens been dormant (i.e., having no major eruptions)?
        A. 66 years (1914), or
        B. 123 years (1857), or
        C.  5600 years (3620 BC)
07—March 20, 1980—A magnitude 4.2 earthquake signaled the reawakening of the volcano after 123 years.
[SOURCE: U.S. Geological Survey General Information Product 103: 30 Cool Facts about Mount St. Helens]
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++ QUOTE OF THE DAY ++  -- from the Preface of the USGS report on the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption, the editors stated:
    "The reawakening of Mount St. Helens volcano in March 1980, and its catastrophic eruption of May 18, surely will rank among the most significant geologic events in the United States in the 20th century".   [SOURCE: USGS-PP-1250]
All Material from:
http://www.usgs.gov/
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Please include you name, Callsign, and those correct answers.
Good luck everyone!
Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
K7LWA.INS@gmail.com
NOTE: Be sure to check out additional info & photos on
KF7TBA+K7LWA's Friday Insomniac-Net BLOG
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NOTE: Blog may have Questions posted earlier than Yahoo!
Next Week: "The ABEL PRIZE"
Next, Next Week: WYHearIWYG!
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Thank you!
Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
K7LWA.INS@gmail.com
Posted 2015-03-21 02:00PT
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