This sounds like the kid who was arrested in Texas recently because he tried to pay for his lunch with a $2 bill his grandmother had given him. Is there anyone out there any more who knows anything?
Great. Now all the real terrorists have to do is pretend they’re doing math while sitting in their seats on the plane .....
The time to develop the equations is before the conference.
On the way to the conference, at least I rehearse the talk.
I have my talk on powerpoint slides printed out on 8.5 x 11 paper, along with the title page.
If your talk is nothing but hairy equations, especially ones hastily thrown together at the last minute, conference organizers will tell you that your talk is boring.
Yes, I think the guy was trying to start an incident. At the very least he was unprepared.