On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 10:26 AM Jon Zingale <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > > -- --- .-. .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - .... . -..-. . ... > ... . -. - .. .- .-.. -..-. .-- --- .-. -.- . .-. ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > -- Frank Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918
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