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Intercultural Whatever

University Diaries on March 22: "An Intercultural Whatever professor at Florida Atlantic University…" (FAU). An obituary in this afternoon's New York Times : Related Log24 posts: Pinter Play (March 8, about…

Rota in a Nutshell

"The proof of Desargues' theorem of projective geometry comes as close as a proof can to the Zen ideal. It can be summarized in two words: 'I see!' " — Gian-Carlo…

Baker on Configurations

The geometry posts of Sunday and Monday have been placed in finitegeometry.org as Classical Geometry in Light of Galois Geometry. Some background: See Baker, Principles of Geometry ,…

Desargues via Rosenhain

Background: Rosenhain and Göpel Tetrads in PG(3,2) Introduction: The Large Desargues Configuration Added by Steven H. Cullinane on Friday, April 19, 2013 Desargues' theorem according to a standard textbook: "If…

Preparation

"First published between 1922 and 1925, the six-volume Principles of Geometry  was a synthesis of Baker's lecture series on geometry…." — Cambridge University Press From a different university…

For Baker

Baker, Principles of Geometry, Vol. IV  (1925), Title: Baker, Principles of Geometry, Vol. IV  (1925), Frontispiece: Baker's Vol. IV frontispiece shows "The Figure of fifteen lines  and fifteen…

For Pascal

A related image search: Note particularly the following image: This is from Inscapes.

Plan 9 Sermon

Bright Star

An earlier (noon) version of this post showed a photo of a heartbreakingly beautiful young woman I encountered on the Web today by chance. Perhaps it is best if she…

Blackboard Jungle

(Continued) Harrowing of Hell (Catholic Encyclopedia ) "This is the Old English and Middle English term for the triumphant descent of Christ into hell (or Hades) between the…