Frank, Thank you for your response. As a variant of your statement about mathematics and god, Paul Erdos believed in *the book. *He believed that the book was were god kept all of his most elegant proofs of theorems. He would say to his collaborators, 'Yes, that is a *proof*, but now let's look for the *book* *proof*'. He would also say, 'You don't have to believe in god, but you *must* believe in the book.'
I miss the conversations that I would have with Reuben on the train to Albuquerque. It was really great to hear his thoughts on Lakotos, Ukrainian mathematics, Rota, Erdos and Stillwell. We would walk up central when he didn't want to wait for a bus. He would lecture in Jens Lorenz's PDE class. The thai restaurant he liked appears to be closed now. We would catch the train home to Santa Fe and Vera would be waiting for him at the bus stop. What a tremendous love they shared. Reuben's thoughts on mathematics and humanity have left an indelible mark on my thinking. Jon
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