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Sunday, February 8, 2015

Hungarian Phenomenon

Filed under: General — Tags: , , , — m759 @ 2:07 pm

For Autism Sunday —

Mathematician John von Neumann
reportedly died on this date.

“He belonged  to that so-called
Hungarian phenomenon….”

A webpage titled
“Von Neumann, Jewish Catholic”

Illustrations of another Hungarian phenomenon:

IMAGE- Anthony Hopkins exorcises a Rubik cube

Friday, June 13, 2014

It’s 10 PM

Filed under: General — Tags: , , — m759 @ 10:00 pm

The wind of change is blowing throughout the continent.
Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness
is a political fact.”— Prime Minister Harold Macmillan,
South Africa, 1960

“Lord knows when the cold wind blows
it’ll turn your head around.” — James Taylor

From a Log24 post of August 27, 2011:

IMAGE- 'Group Theory' Wikipedia article with Rubik's cube as main illustration and argument by a cuber for the image's use

For related remarks on “national consciousness,” see Frantz Fanon.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Cosmic Cube*

IMAGE- Anthony Hopkins exorcises a Rubik cube

Prequel (Click to enlarge)

IMAGE- Galois vs. Rubik: Posters for Abel Prize, Oslo, 2008

Background —

IMAGE- 'Group Theory' Wikipedia article with Rubik's cube as main illustration and argument by a cuber for the image's use

See also Rubik in this journal.

* For the title, see Groups Acting.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

For the Class of ’11

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 2:12 pm

IMAGE- Anthony Hopkins exorcises a Rubik cube

But leave the wise to wrangle, and with me
the quarrel of the universe let be;
and, in some corner of the hubbub couched,
make game of that which makes as much of thee.

John McKay at sci.math

Related material: Harvard Treasure, Favicon, and Crimson Tide.

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