Galois matrices, the subject of the previous post,
are of course not new. See, for instance, Steinberg in 1951:
The American Mathematical Society reports that Steinberg died
on May 25, 2014.
As the above 1951 paper indicates, Steinberg was well acquainted with
what Weyl called "the devil of abstract algebra." In this journal, however,
Steinberg himself appears rather as an angel of geometry.
"In August 1884, he wrote to Resa von Schirnhofer:
'Here one can live well, in this strong, bright atmosphere,
here where nature is amazingly mild and solemn
and mysterious all at once— in fact, there is no place
that I like better than Sils-Maria.'"
For more about Resa, see another weblog's post
of April 30, 2013.
A remark on Nietzsche from the epigraph of that weblog:
"His life's work was devoted to finding one's 'style'
within the chaos of existence. The trick, obviously,
is not to lose your mind in the process."
A remark from this weblog on the above date —
Walpurgisnacht 2013 —
Finite projective geometry explains
the surprising symmetry properties
of some simple graphic designs—
found, for instance, in quilts.
The story thus summarized is perhaps not
destined for movie greatness.
As opposed to, say, Chloe Grace Moretz —
For instance:
See Log24 instances of the above Binoche image,
as well as other posts on Binoche + Bleu .
Found this morning in a search:
A logline is a one-sentence summary of your script.
www.scriptologist.com/Magazine/Tips/Logline/logline.html
It's the short blurb in TV guides that tells you what a movie
is about and helps you decide if you're interested …
The search was suggested by a screenwriting weblog post,
"Loglines: WHAT are you doing?".
What is your story about?
No, seriously, WHAT are you writing about?
Who are the characters? What happens to them?
Where does it take place? What’s the theme?
What’s the style? There are nearly a million
little questions to answer when you set out
to tell a story. But it all starts with one
super, overarching question.
What are you writing about? This is the first
big idea that we pull out of the ether, sometimes
before we even have any characters.
What is your story about?
The screenwriting post was found in an earlier search for
the highlighted phrase.
The screenwriting post was dated December 15, 2009.
What I am doing now is checking for synchronicity.
This weblog on December 15, 2009, had a post
titled A Christmas Carol. That post referred to my 1976
monograph titled Diamond Theory .
I guess the script I'm summarizing right now is about
the heart of that theory, a group of 322,560 permutations
that preserve the symmetry of a family of graphic designs.
For that group in action, see the Diamond 16 Puzzle.
The "super overarching" phrase was used to describe
this same group in a different context:
This is from "Mathieu Moonshine," a webpage by Anne Taormina.
A logline summarizing my approach to that group:
Finite projective geometry explains
the surprising symmetry properties
of some simple graphic designs—
found, for instance, in quilts.
The story thus summarized is perhaps not destined for movie greatness.
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