Personal Site of Nicholas Ham

Below are links, grouped into categories, to sites that I find useful and/or interesting.

mathematics

• arXiv - a repository of electronic preprints (known as e-prints) approved for publication after moderation;
• Google Scholar - a search engine for scholarly literature;
• AustMS/ARC Journal Rankings;
• MSC - 2010 Mathematics Subject Classification Code Database;
• OEIS - the online enclyclopedia of integer sequences;
• ORCID - provides persistent digital identifiers to distinguish researchers from each other;
• GAP - a system for computational discrete algebra;
• GAP semigroups package - a GAP package containing methods for semigroups, monoids, and inverse semigroups, principally of transformations, partial permutations, bipartitions, subsemigroups of regular Rees $0$-matrix semigroups, free inverse semigroups, and free bands;
• Math Overflow - question based (research level);
• Mathematics Stack Exchange - question based (general);
• Reddit's Math Subreddit;
• Math Bin - a paste tool for LaTeX/mathematics;
• The Grammar According to West - some useful observations and suggestions for writing mathematics;
• Advice to a Young Mathematician - Chapter VIII from The Princeton Companion to Mathematics.

programming

• cplusplus.com - descriptions for the most important classes, functions and objects of the Standard Language Library, with descriptive fully-functional short programs as examples;
• Project Euler - problem based;
• Code::Blocks - my favourite free cross-platform open-source C, C++ and Fortran IDE;
• GitHub - free public hosting of git repositories and static websites;
• GitLab - free hosting of git repositories and static websites;
• Stack Overflow - question based;
• Reddit's Programming Subreddit;
• Reddit's C++ Subreddit;
• Paste Bin - a paste tool for text and code;
• Code Pad - an online compiler/interpreter, and a simple collaboration tool;
• Google's guide to becoming a competent software engineer;
• Resources for creating a website for a business;
• Riddles Codesports Platform - competition based;
• AI Challenges - competition based (no longer active).

linux

• Ubuntu - Debian-based Linux operating system;
• Official Ubuntu Documentation - created and maintained by the Ubuntu Documentation Project;
• Ubuntu Community Help Wiki - user-created and maintained wiki referencing various Ubuntu-related guides, tips, tricks and hacks;
• Official Ubuntu documentation for installing Ubuntu on a macbook pro;
• Arch - simple, lightweight linux distribution that preferences developer experience over user experience;
• Arch wiki - well-maintained source for Arch Linux documentation;
• Reddit's Linux Subreddit - question/discussion based;
• The Art of Command Line - a reasonably comprehensive bash guide.

educational resources

• MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW);
• MIT OCW Python Introduction;
• MIT OCW C/C++ Introduction;
• (Unofficial) Mathematics Notes from Cambridge University;
• SmartScholar's Computer Science Education Resource Guide;
• Free Class Tools - generate free worksheets for the primary school level.

jobs

• AustMS jobs board;
• AMSI Jobs Board;
• CSIRO careers page;
• The Statistical Society of Australia jobs board;
• mathjobs.org;
• Employment Information in the Mathematical Sciences jobs board;
• GitHub jobs board;
• jobs at GitLab;
• Reddit's C++ Subreddit - usually has a quarterly stickied post with jobs;
• Linux Australia jobs board;
• Linux jobs on seek.com.au;