Talk:Jennifer Balakrishnan

Lead wording: "solved the 'cursed curve'"
I agree that the lead should be written for a general audience and non-technical. Regarding, 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. — MarkH21talk 18:22, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * 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. — MarkH21talk 20:16, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Assistant or Associate Professor?
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)
 * Hope i did not make an edit accident with the citation templates.--Himbeerbläuling (talk) 13:09, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Now even more. Does "professor" mean "full professor"? --Himbeerbläuling (talk) 11:58, 17 May 2024 (UTC)


 * And: It appears to be a little discrepancy between the entry in her cv and our article section Clare Boothe Luce. Does this program support (full/more than associate) professorships? --Himbeerbläuling (talk) 12:18, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
 * According to Boston University's website on Clare Boothe Luce Professorships: So it does not support full professorships. The name seems to remain though, as in her department profile. — MarkH21talk 16:01, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

"the Clare Boothe Luce Professor" = the only?
Does this little word "the" imply "the only"? If yes, is it justified by our sources? --Himbeerbläuling (talk) 11:58, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
 * 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. — MarkH21talk 16:03, 17 May 2024 (UTC)