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20 November 2005

asteroids and topology this is great. this is exactly the kind of math writing we need more of in the world.

post by: sam at: 16:45 | 5 comments

(at this point, you sense math coming and start to gaze furtively around the room)

Heh. One of my great regrets was that I never followed up with my first calculus class after I switched schools.

posted by stilicho 20 November | 16:58

i keep thinking that my not so substantial mathematical ability should result in someone coming up to me and offering me a million dollas to sit around and do integrals or find hamiltonians or something.
so far the world has yet to beat a path to my door. apparently there's an line of people stretching from behind me all the way to beijing full of people who will do my job cheaper. this represents 1/15th of the problem with my current line of work, and is motivating my change of careers to cowboy-astronaut.

posted by sam 20 November | 17:05

this is good stuff, though I still got a little lost.

posted by Edible Energy 20 November | 19:31

How about chess on the torus or Klein bottle?

posted by Wolfdog 20 November | 19:31

It's by "sockpuppet".

posted by Eideteker 21 November | 07:48

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