Tag: Bregnans

Combinatorial Matrix Classes

A book by this title, Richard A. Brualdi’s  Combinatorial Matrix Classes , was published by Cambridge University Press in 2006: For some related remarks, see The Counter (March…

Matching Theory

Some mathematical background for yesterday’s remarks “For the Bregnans” and “Lost in Translation“— “Matching Theory: A Sampler, from Dénes König to the Present,” by Michael D. Plummer, 1991….

Lost in Translation

Translation by Barbara Johnson: "The minimum number of rows— lines or columns— that contain all the zeros in a matrix is equal to the maximum number of zeros located in…

For the Bregnans*

The Shining of May 29… The original note and references to it here. * As opposed to the Monicans . See previous post.

For the Monicans

“Aeon Flux  suffered a decline of 63.97% in box office earnings, going down to No. 6 the following week. On 9 February 2006, it completed its theatrical run,…

For Harvard's Class Day

Deep Talk

The late Maya Angelou in The Paris Review , Fall 1990: “There’s a phrase in West Africa, in Ghana; it’s called ‘deep talk.’ For instance, there’s a saying:…

Design

In memory of a graphic designer who reportedly died this morning: