Pär Kurlberg
I am a Professor at the department of mathematics at KTH and currently a Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Research Fellow, supported by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation. My main research interest is Number Theory related to Quantum Chaos.
Teaching
Misc articles on teaching
What makes a good (math) teacher - interesting article in the Atlantic. (Ultra short summary: care, be happy, and be stubborn.) Surprising (!?) quote: "Meanwhile, a master’s degree in education seems to have no impact on classroom effectiveness. "
More articles on teaching.
Why math?
- According to the Economist, TAKING more maths in school can make you richer.
- To stay upwind. By the way, Paul Graham also has some interesting essays on startups.
- Get rich: First way. Second way.
- No pain, no gain: The fact is, if you are thinking about a PhD program in economics, you are advised to take math courses until it hurts.
- Gian-Carlo Rota's Lesson 10: Alumni who return to visit [MIT] invariably complain of not having taken enough math courses while they were undergraduates
- Since it is so unreasonably effective.
- Since it's the best job there is!
Research
Seminars/Workshops
Contact information
Email: My last name at math.kth.se. (Spam problems.) Phone: +46 (0)8 790 6582 Fax: +46 (0)8 723 1788 Mailing address: Par Kurlberg Department of Mathematics KTH SE-10044, Stockholm Sweden
Misc computer notes
Some KTH computer notes.
Some ubuntu-feisty notes.
Redhat 7.1 upgrade caveats. Also applies to Redhat 7.2.
Some links
Date: 2010-01-07 17:10:24 CET