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a little brainteaser
Here’s a little problem that Halyun brought up in group meeting today — a little googling showed that it’s a Putnam prep problem, but I won’t hold that against it. The problem is “Determinant...
View ArticleConcert Bleg : Franz Joseph Haydn’s The Creation
I’m singing with the Bach Collegium San Diego in this concert coming up next month (coincidentally the same week as ITA — fun fun!) If you live in the San Diego area, I encourage you to come! Franz...
View ArticleProfessorial Hotness
Via Crooked Timber (where else?) comes a report of a paper on RateMyProfessor that looks at the Hotness of profs across different fields. It’s a bit weird to me that all of Engineering gets lumped into...
View ArticleSix Degrees of Separation at the Old Globe
I saw Six Degrees of Separation, by John Guare at the Old Globe theater in Balboa Park. I think it’s a testament to the death of the playwright that his name does not appear on the cover of the...
View Articlemore thoughts on Six Degrees
One of the reasons Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation may be relevant today is the way in which these well-heeled liberal types assuage their guilt by being entranced by and supporting Paul, who...
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