Igor Pak

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Igor Pak (born 1971) is an associate professor of mathematics at the w:University of Minnesota, working in combinatorics and discrete probability. He is best known for his bijective proof of the hook-length formula for the number of Young tableaux, and his work on random walks.

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  • It turns out we can do this not only practically but also theoretically.
  • Anything that doesn't fit in one blackboard just doesn't seem right.
  • I'm just going to tell you the answer, because I can't compute this quickly in public.
  • You may not like this polytope, but it exists.
  • When n is... well, that's the smallest number (thinks)... ah ha! one!
  • Who understands [this paper]? Raise your hand...one person. That's actually the author.
  • There is some money being exchanged, so it's a real story.
  • It sort of reminds me of the Blue Man Group.
  • My heart bleeds when you have the correct answer but incorrect work in the true/false section and I have to give you full credit.
  • One over one million is zero, so one over infinity is even zeroer
  • Oh, Please!

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