Published today —
Related quotation —
Cover art published today —
Some mathematics related to the The Fixed Stars cover art,
from a post of May 1, 2020 —
The Escape from Plato’s Cave to . . .
See also Numberland and Walpurgisnacht Geometry.
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Of Making Many Books There Is No End
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Friday, May 1, 2020
The H-State
Related pure mathematics —
The Escape from Plato’s Cave to . . .
See also Numberland and Walpurgisnacht Geometry.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Oslo Prophet (after Varignon)
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Invariance
Note the resemblance to Plato’s Diamond.
Click the Pritchard passage above for an interactive version.
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Monday, May 14, 2018
Space
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Logos at Harvard
In 2013, Harvard University Press changed its logo to an abstract "H."
Both logos now accompany a Harvard video first published in 2012,
"The World of Mathematical Reality."
In the video, author Paul Lockhart discusses Varignon's theorem
without naming Varignon (1654-1722) . . .
A related view of "mathematical reality" —
Note the resemblance to Plato's Diamond.
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Blackboard Jungle continues . . .
… from previous posts on Paul Lockhart.
For more on the new logo of the AMS as a symbol of
politically correct mediocrity, see a post of Jan. 10, 2018.
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