Talk:Jennifer Balakrishnan

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Lead wording: "solved the 'cursed curve'"[edit]

@David Eppstein: I agree that the lead should be written for a general audience and non-technical. Regarding this edit, it's not pedantic that the wording needs to be revised away from solved the "cursed curve", a Diophantine equation. A curve can be the solution set of an equation, but not be an equation. One can solve a Diophantine equation (which might define a curve), but one cannot solve a curve. There are ways to word this non-technically while still making sense.

Perhaps we don't need to explicitly mention rational points but I don't think that adding something like "rational solution" or "rational point" really introduces much extra technicality for general audiences compared to the extra precision. — MarkH₂₁^talk 18:22, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The place for technicality is not the lead sentence. If you really want to be pedantic that a curve is not something that can be solved, then "solved the problem of the cursed curve". —David Eppstein (talk) 19:51, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's at an improvement, and I think it's suitable. I agree that we should avoid technical language to the lead sentence, but it should at least be somewhat correct. — MarkH₂₁^talk 20:16, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Assistant or Associate Professor?[edit]

The Wikipedia article says she is "Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor", Google Scholar and her homepage at Boston University say she is "Clare Boothe Luce Associate Professor". Her CV (http://math.bu.edu/people/jbala/JSB_CV.pdf) says this was a step in her career in this year 2021. I intend to change that in the Wikipedia article. --Himbeerbläuling (talk) 13:52, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hope i did not make an edit accident with the citation templates.--Himbeerbläuling (talk) 13:09, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Now even more. Does "professor" mean "full professor"? --Himbeerbläuling (talk) 11:58, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And: It appears to be a little discrepancy between the entry in her cv and our article section Clare Boothe Luce#Clare Boothe Luce Program. Does this program support (full/more than associate) professorships? --Himbeerbläuling (talk) 12:18, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Himbeerbläuling: According to Boston University's website on Clare Boothe Luce Professorships:

The Clare Boothe Luce Fund of the Henry Luce Foundation provides term support for beginning tenure-track appointments at the assistant or associate professorship level [...] One Clare Boothe Luce Professorship is awarded for up to six academic years and the recipient of this award is specifically identified as a Clare Boothe Luce Assistant (or Associate) Professor.

So it does not support full professorships. The name seems to remain though, as in her department profile. — MarkH₂₁^talk 16:01, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"the Clare Boothe Luce Professor" = the only?[edit]

Does this little word "the" imply "the only"? If yes, is it justified by our sources? --Himbeerbläuling (talk) 11:58, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Himbeerbläuling: According to Boston University's website on Clare Boothe Luce Professorships, there have been as many as 5 simultaneously in the past, so it is not always unique. — MarkH₂₁^talk 16:03, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]