user:AxelBoldt
My name is Axel Boldt and I teach mathematics at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. In addition to mathematics, I'm interested in molecular biology,
theoretical computer science, physics, astronomy, free software, (political) philosophy, chess, and many other things.
Since I believe that "intellectual property rights" do not exist (as we mere mortals cannot arrogate the right to own parts of Plato's eternal heaven of ideas), every word I write is by default, and always, in the public domain.
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Wikipedia writings
- I oppose the image filter proposal.
- I am against advertisements on Wikipedia.
- I think that Wikipedia would be much improved if only people who have provided their real name were allowed to edit the encyclopedia. See real name proposal for the details.
- Adding references to statements in Wikipedia, while useful, does not increase the trustworthiness of the encyclopedia. See References don't increase Wikipedia's reliability.
- My list of usability problems in Wikipedia, partly addressed by the [https://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page usability initiative of 2010].
- I have access to electronic archives of most newspapers, magazines and scientific journals. If you need an article, [mailto:axelboldt@yahoo.com email me] and I'll send it to you.
Let's switch to the CC-BY-SA license.Done!- Notes for a talk about Wikipedia I gave in 2006: Wikipedia Talk.
- How to let go and prevent burnout as a Wikipedia editor: An article is a collection of revisions.
- The support software I endorse for editing Wikipedia: Support Software
Articles
I have contributed to and taken an active interest in the following Wikipedia articles.
= Mathematics =
Adjugate --
Algebraically compact module --
Banach space --
Boolean ring --
Braid group --
Category of topological spaces --
Closed set --
Coalgebra --
Continuous Fourier transform --
Convergence of random variables --
Covering map --
Determinant --
Direct sum --
Directed set --
Discriminant of a polynomial --
Distribution --
Dual space --
Ellipsoid --
Euler's four-square identity --
Extended Riemann hypothesis --
F-space --
Finite field --
Finitely generated abelian group --
Free group --
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus --
Generalized Riemann hypothesis --
Group action --
Haar measure --
Harmonic series (mathematics) --
Homotopy --
Hopf algebra --
Incircle and excircles of a triangle --
Lie algebra --
Lie group --
List of mathematical topics --
List of statements undecidable in ZFC --
Maximum entropy probability distribution --
Mathematics --
Matroid --
Matrix norm --
Miller-Rabin primality test --
Mitchell's embedding theorem --
Net --
Nine lemma --
Normal space --
Open map --
Open set --
Paracompact --
Permanent --
Pi --
Polygon --
Polynomial --
Power series --
Prime ideal --
Probability density function --
Proportional --
Riesz representation theorem --
Ring ideal --
Rng --
Simple group --
Singleton --
Slope --
Symmedian --
Symmetry --
Tangent --
Tarski's circle squaring problem --
Tensor --
Theorem of Bolzano-Weierstrass --
Topos --
Triangle --
Unique factorization domain --
Vector --
Weierstrass-Casorati theorem --
Yoneda lemma --
Zero divisor --
= Logic and Computability =
= Computing =
A.L.I.C.E. --
CVS --
Complexity classes P and NP --
Copyleft --
F-Droid --
GIMPS --
GNU Free Documentation License --
Gnuplot --
ImageMagick --
JSON --
MathML --
Mebibyte --
Mizar system --
QED project --
Simputer --
Standards Performance Evaluation Corporation --
SWIG --
SWFTools --
Timeline of computing 1950-1979 --
Timeline of computing 1980-1989 --
Timeline of computing 1990-forward --
Timeline of computing 750 BC-1949 --
Turing Test --
Unary --
Z notation --
= Physics and Astronomy =
Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter --
Big Bang --
Color --
Gyrocompass --
Higgs boson --
Hubble's law --
Physics --
Prism --
Redshift --
Statcoulomb --
= Biology =
Beta blocker --
Blue Brain --
Blue field entoptic phenomenon --
Common cold --
Discrimination abilities of pigeons --
Doublesex --
EC number --
ELISA --
Gray whale --
HIV test --
Homologous --
Housefly --
House Mouse --
Isotretinoin --
Malaria --
Myostatin --
Naloxone --
Obestatin --
Peptide bond --
Phycobilin --
Plastination --
Septum --
Sir2 --
Terms for anatomical location --
Tetraploid complementation assay --
TRIM5-alpha --
UK Biobank --
Virology --
= Chemistry =
Acetaldehyde --
Citric acid --
Ethanol --
Lactic acid --
Mustard oil --
Nitric oxide --
Phenacyl --
Salt --
UN number --
Wood gas --
Zyklon B --
= People =
Amir Ageeb --
Joan of Arc --
Roger Bacon --
Eric Baum --
Caligula --
John Craig --
Shanti Devi --
Robyn Few --
Ben Goertzel --
Billy Graham --
Anara Gupta --
Baby Halder --
Sut Jhally --
Robert Kelly --
Tile Kolup --
Liu Dalin --
Hugh Loebner --
Boris Lurie --
Lek Nana --
Cleo Odzer --
Pascal Pia --
Gail Palmer --
Rudolph of Austria (Cardinal) --
Rainer Rupp --
Peter Singer --
Rob Zicari --
= Miscellaneous =
Amway --
Auschwitz --
Auschwitz concentration camp --
Body Worlds --
Cavalese cable-car disaster --
Chess --
Cipla --
Cognitive science of mathematics --
Davida --
De Wallen --
EMPOWER --
Holocaust --
[http://wikibooks.org/wiki/Transwiki:How_to_find_a_book How to find a book] --
Jade Record --
kaioo --
Kathoey --
Kapp Putsch --
Kern county child abuse cases --
Landmine --
Le Chabanais --
Lengede --
Lusty Lady --
Matrix --
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe --
Metropolitan State University --
Nigerian money transfer fraud --
OBJECTIVE: Christian Ministries --
Paro (robot) --
Phar-Mor --
Platz der Republik (Berlin) --
Polygraph --
Pornography --
Prostitution --
Quixtar --
Refugee kidnappings in Sinai --
Shell game --
Siddhartha --
Slogan 'AIDS Kills Fags Dead' --
Solingen arson attack of 1993 --
Snoezelen --
TAMPEP --
Tenrikyo --
Tiger Temple --
Wodaabe --
WordNet --
Yab Yum --
= Wikipedia =
[[Wikipedia:Errors_in_the_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_that_have_been_corrected_in_Wikipedia|Making
fun of Britannica]] --
Awards
Image:Original_Barnstar.png|I award you this barnstar for the consistently excellent quality of your thousands of contributions, for your many articles on mathematics and a whole range of other topics, and for being in all respects one of Wikipedia's finest contributors. — Trilobite
Image:Tireless_Contributor_Barnstar.gif|I hearby grant you this barnstar for the splendid contributions you made in Wikipedia. Keep it up! Siva1979 14:46, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
Image:Original_Barnstar.png|A barnstar for your excellent work in all aspects of Wikipedia. Gflores 12:33, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
Image:Tutnum5.jpg|This editor is a Grand and Glorious Tutnum of the Encyclopedia, and is entitled to display this Book of Knowledge with Coffee Cup Stain, Cigarette Burn, Chewed Broken Pencil, and Note From Jimbo
Image:Barnstar-atom3.png|Awarded to AxelBoldt, for being an outstanding contributor with a plethora of fine contributions, particularly to mathematics articles, the barnstar of math and science. Herostratus 17:20, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Image:Original_Barnstar.png|I award this barnstar to AxelBoldt for giving us WikiMoney! (Sorry this is a bit late.) Einsteinewton 05:57, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Image:RAF-Logo.svg?|The Geist über Geld barnstar is awarded to those editors who place the Human Spirit above Material possessions. RatSkrew 03:53, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Image:Original_Barnstar.png|Brewcrewer, a newpage patroller, rarely comes across any great new articles, but when he does, like the Solingen arson attack of 1993, he can't help but plaster its creator's talk page with a barnstar. brewcrewer (yada, yada) 04:52, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Image:Lemke dunkel beer in glass.jpg|A beer for correcting English grammar, for example in [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:NetAction/WikiTrust WikiTrust]! [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:NetAction NetAction] 29 Aug. 2011
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| style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | for your many mathematical contributionsReaperLF (talk) 21:06, 28 January 2018 (UTC) |
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| style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | To the amazing author who started the Hubble Space Telescope wiki page. I commend you. Rexlikescheese (talk) 21:02, 24 July 2018 (UTC) |
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