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Lang to Langlands Lang — “Elliptic functions parametrize elliptic curves, and the intermingling of the analytic and algebraic-arithmetic theory has been at the center of mathematics since the…
Some narrative notes in memory of a Bowling Green State University math professor who reportedly died at 72 on Feb. 13— That date in this journal and Green Fields. See…
The title was suggested by a 1921 article by Hermann Weyl and by a review* of a more recent publication — The above Harvard Gazette piece on Davos is from St. Ursula's Day,…
Despite the blocking of Doodles on my Google Search screen, some messages get through. Today, for instance — "Your idea just might change the world. Enter Google Science Fair…
One way of interpreting the symbol at the end of yesterday's post is via the phrase "necessary possibility." See that phrase in (for instance) a post of July 24,…
(Continued) A review of this date in 2005 — Modal Theology "We symbolize logical necessity with the box () and logical possibility with the diamond ()." — Keith Allen Korcz And what…
See also a related brick wall. Some context: Small World (July 12, 2004) and Moss on the Wall (Sept. 10, 2013).
The New York Times online this evening has two passages of interest. From an obituary by Helen T. Verongos of fiction writer Mavis Gallant— "Ms. Gallant also endowed children…
For Oslo artist Josefine Lyche, who sometimes seems to think my work resembles that of the deranged Anthony Hopkins in the film of David Auburn's play "Proof." See another artist's images…