Category Archives: mathematics

first they mock . .

Posted on Thursday, 2003 May 08 by Anton

Well well! Robin Hanson’s concept of idea futures is discussed today (though not by that name) in the New York Times: A Market Approach to Politics

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that symmetry guy

Posted on Friday, 2003 April 04 by Anton

The eminent geometer HSM (Donald) Coxeter of Toronto died a few days ago, aged 96 years. His book Regular Polytopes (1963) sits on my reference shelf. For you non-mathematical types, it was Coxeter who sent MC Escher an article on … Continue reading →

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strange repulsors

Posted on Monday, 2003 February 10 by Anton

What’s going on here?

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an intimate look at a girl’s best friend

Posted on Thursday, 2003 January 23 by Anton

Each atom in a diamond crystal is bonded to four neighbors. Games of go played on such a lattice ought to be similar in some ways to games played on a standard board – unlike on a board tiled with … Continue reading →

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fun with deltahedra

Posted on Saturday, 2003 January 18 by Anton

I got a new toy: 94 rods with a magnet at each end, and 36 steel balls. (This kit is called Mega Magz, but I think I’ve seen similar kits under other names.) With these balls and rods, I build … Continue reading →

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