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Monday, January 22, 2024
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Norwegian Woods
The title appears as a joint heading for three reviews
of Norway-related books on the front page of the print
version of today's New York Times Sunday Book Review .
See as well Josefine Lyche in this journal.
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Thursday, February 22, 2018
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Death in Mathmagic Land
"It was our old friend Pythagoras who discovered
that the pentagram was full of mathematics."
— Narrator, "Donald in Mathmagic Land," Disney, 1959
… and it was Peter J. Cameron who discovered that
mathematics was full of pentagrams.
From Log24 on May 3: Gray Space —
Robert J. Stewart (left) and a pentagram photo posted May 2
by Oslo artist Josefine Lyche. See also Lyche in this journal.
From Log24 on May 13: An Artist's Memorial —
The death mentioned in the above May 13 post occurred on
May 12, the date of a scheduled Black Mass at Harvard.
Related material:
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Saturday, May 3, 2014
Gray Space
Or: Three Shades of Gray
(Continued from previous Gray Space posts.)
Click the above image for some related mathematics.
Those who prefer “magic” approaches to mathematics*
may consult the works of Robert J. Stewart and his
mentor William G. Gray.
Robert J. Stewart (left) and a pentagram photo posted yesterday evening
by Oslo artist Josefine Lyche. See also Lyche in this journal.
* See the April 2014 banners displayed at the websites
of the American Mathematical Society and of the
Mathematical Association of America, as well as
a mathematician’s remarks linked to here last evening.
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Friday, May 2, 2014
From the Witch Ball
See also, in this journal, Arcade Fire and Witch Ball.
This post was suggested by remarks today of mathematician
Peter J. Cameron, who seems to enjoy playing the role of
Lord Summerisle (from The Wicker Man , a 1973 horror classic).
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