Sorry. I am not used to this (&^%( keyboard. That's wonderful, Jon.
On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 10:44 AM Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > -- Frank Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918
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