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phase transition
Today, our youngest daughter (aka PD2 on this blog) gave birth to a little boy, Gust. I’m in transition, trying to adjust to this new phase in our lives.
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Kasha-eating dragons
This semester I’m teaching a first course in representation theory. On campus, IRL! It’s a bit strange, using a big lecture room for a handful of students, everyone wearing masks, keeping distances, etc. So far, this is their only course on campus, so it has primarily a social function. The breaks in between are infinitely…
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this one’s for M.
and for everyone else feeling a bit lost in these tiring times. Photo credit: @itoldmythe
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taking stock
The one thing harder than to start blogging after a long period of silence is to stop when you think you’re still in the flow. (image credit Putnam Consulting) The Januari 1st post a math(arty) 2018 was an accident. I only wanted to share this picture, of a garage-door with an uncommon definition of prime…
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a wintry chataigneraie
It took us some time to clear the array of old chestnut trees. But it paid off. A good harvest easily gives half a ton of chestnuts, including some rare, older varieties. In the autumn, the coloured leaves make a spectacular view. Now it looks rather desolate. But, the wind piles up the fallen leaves…
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Stirring a cup of coffee
Please allow for a couple of end-of-semester bluesy ramblings. I just finished grading the final test of the last of five courses I lectured this semester. Most of them went, I believe, rather well. As always, it was fun to teach an introductory group theory course to second year physics students. Personally, I did enjoy…