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Sunday, July 30, 2017
Sermon: MS R I
From Solomon's Cube —
"Here MSRI, an acronym for Mathematical Sciences Research Institute,
is pronounced 'Misery.' See Stephen King [and] K.C. Cole . . . ."
From a manuscript by Mikhail Gromov cited yesterday in MSRI Program —
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Sunday School:
Bullshit Studies Continued
The remarks by Mikhail Gromov on neuroscience in his papers
cited in the previous post suggest some related remarks —
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Saturday, July 29, 2017
MSRI Program
"The field of geometric group theory emerged from Gromov’s insight
that even mathematical objects such as groups, which are defined
completely in algebraic terms, can be profitably viewed as geometric
objects and studied with geometric techniques."
— Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, 2016:
See also some writings of Gromov from 2015-16:
- Memorandum Ergo (October 29, 2015)
- Great Circle of Mysteries (November 15, 2015)
- Quotations and Ideas (April 15, 2016)
For a simpler example than those discussed at MSRI
of both algebraic and geometric techniques applied to
the same group, see a post of May 19, 2017,
"From Algebra to Geometry." That post reviews
an earlier illustration —
For greater depth, see "Eightfold Cube" in this journal.
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Science News
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Friday, July 28, 2017
Aesthetic Distance
In memory of a Disney "imagineer" who reportedly died yesterday.
From the opening scene of a 2017 film, "Gifted":
Frank calls his niece Mary to breakfast on the morning she is
to enter first grade. She is dressed, for the first time, for school —
- Hey! Come on. Let's move! - No! - Let me see. - No. - Come on, I made you special breakfast. - You can't cook. - Hey, Mary, open up. (She opens her door and walks out.) - You look beautiful. - I look like a Disney character. Where's the special? - What? - You said you made me special breakfast. Read more: http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/ movie_script.php?movie=gifted |
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