In memory of a mathematics professor who
reportedly died on May 21, 2022 —
"… mouses over to a file …." Or a folder.
In memory of a mathematics professor who
reportedly died on May 21, 2022 —
"… mouses over to a file …." Or a folder.
The above art by Steven H. Cullinane is not unrelated to
art by Josefine Lyche. Her work includes sculpted replicas
of the above abstract Platonic solids, as well as replicas of
my own work related to properties of the 4×6 rectangle above.
Symmetries of both the solids and the rectangle may be
viewed as permutations of parts — In the Platonic solids,
the parts are permuted by continuous rotations of space itself.
In the rectangle, the parts are permuted by non-continuous
transformations, as in the I Ching . . . i.e., by concrete illustrations
of change.
Also on the above Berlin date —
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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"… a hyper-intellectual fable that riddles you into a house
of mirrors from which you wonder if you’ll ever emerge.
(Imagine packaging the universe’s most existential questions
as Abbott and Costello’s 'Who’s on First?' routine.)"
— Book review by Michael Callahan in The New York Times
on September 19, 2022.
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